Peter Norvig

And so the question you have to answer is, what's the trade-off between those mistakes?

And so the question you have to answer is, what's the trade-off between those mistakes?

How many innocent people should we jail to prevent one guilty person from getting away?

How many innocent people should we jail to prevent one guilty person from getting away?

And so there's this trade-off.

And so there's this trade-off.

You're going to make

You're going to make

false positives and false negatives, and what's one worth against another.

false positives and false negatives, and what's one worth against another.

And even before there was AI or any kind of automation, we've had these kinds of discussions in our societies, going back to Judge Blackmun in England more than a century ago.

And even before there was AI or any kind of automation, we've had these kinds of discussions in our societies, going back to Judge Blackmun in England more than a century ago.

who said, it's better that 10 guilty men go free than that one innocent man be jailed.

who said, it's better that 10 guilty men go free than that one innocent man be jailed.

Now, I don't think he meant it that literally, like, you know, 10's the boundary and 9's okay and 11 would be bad.

Now, I don't think he meant it that literally, like, you know, 10's the boundary and 9's okay and 11 would be bad.

But with today's AI systems, you have to specify that, right?

But with today's AI systems, you have to specify that, right?

So you have to build the system and there's got to be an exact number in there of saying, what is the trade-off point?

So you have to build the system and there's got to be an exact number in there of saying, what is the trade-off point?