• Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org
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    19 hours ago

    Yeah, these are really hard and though problems.

    I usually feel very depressed when I think about it because I do not like the idea that other people have to suffer in that way (wether it is a victim of harassment or abuse, or one of false allegations).

    I would argue, however, that false positives are not so low. Especially when there are so many malicious incentives (even if they are not intentional on the part of those who plan, develop or approve this type of measure) to do that, and there are also too many people who are twisted in the world. Sometimes I start to think about why we had to touch such a difficult world, when I realize things like that. The same goes for false negatives, though.

    • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
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      8 hours ago

      I’m with you here. It is depressing. As most matters that kinda involve our species. And there rarely are absolute solutions. We mostly just approximate a good solution and rarely border perfection.

      Sure, false positives might be higher than I made them up, but most likely still lower than true positivis. And yes, even one life-destroying false-positive makes the whole system questionable. Is one person worth 10 others? Or 5? Or even 2?

      If it is the best idea we currently have, I’d side with Spock (the many vs the few), but am not really satisfied. My high demand for exact justice is rarely sated 😞