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    Why Hundreds of Mathematicians Are Boycotting Predictive Policing

    "Given the structural racism and brutality in U.S. policing, we do not believe that mathematicians should be collaborating with police departments in this manner," the authors write in the letter. "It is simply too easy to create a 'scientific' veneer for racism. Please join us in committing to not collaborating with police. It is, at this moment, the very least we can do as a community."

    • Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris will be upset.PhanLo
    • Create the conditions for crime to thrive in an area, add police who are disconnected to the area and never bother to fix social conditions.PhanLo
    • And repeat.
      Don't need mathematicians to explain that.
      PhanLo
    • Defund calculators!Gnash
    • #mathematiciansLives...nbq

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