Incident 250: Dutch City Court Defended Home Value Generated by Black-Box Algorithm
Description: A home value generated by a black-box algorithm was reportedly defended by the Castricum court, which was criticized by a legal specialist for setting a dangerous precedent for accepting black-box algorithms as long as their results appear reasonable.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Castricum municipality developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed unnamed property owner.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
250
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2016-02-01
Editors
Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
algorithmwatch.org · 2020
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In a seemingly routine case at the Amsterdam court of appeal, a judge ruled that it was acceptable for a municipality to use a black-box algorithm, as long as the results were unsurprising.
In 2016, the municipality of Castricum, a seaside …
Variants
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