College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Courts and law enforcement institutions around the world are increasingly implementing AI systems to aid in sentencing decisions, predict locations of criminal activity and identify possible future offenders. The promise of AI in these domains is that it is more efficient, prevents crime and mitigates or eliminates bias. But the use of AI in criminal justice also gives rise to pressing ethical challenges. How does the implementation of AI systems in policing affect officers’ understanding of their social role? Does the inscrutability of the algorithms at use in criminal justice pose a special problem for public trust and institutional legitimacy? Are risk assessment algorithms compatible with retributivist theories of punishment? And what problems arise in using algorithms to determine criminal sentences? This workshop brings together leading scholars of ethics in AI to explore these challenges. Abstracts are available here.

Registration Information: Interested participants should email Jeremy Davis at jeremydavis@ufl.edu.

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