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Heat Listed

Chicago’s predictive policing program told a man he would be involved with a shooting.
But it couldn’t determine which side of the gun he would be on.
Instead, it made him the victim of a violent crime — twice.

In McDaniel’s view, the heat list caused the harm its creators hoped to avoid: it predicted a shooting that wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t predicted the shooting.

https://www.theverge.com/22444020/chicago-pd-predictive-policing-heat-list?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Westerners show us how to create a self-fulfilling prophecy using an algorithm.