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Month: May 2016

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Software assistants need to be designed to the way the world actually works.

Post author By Marc Vose
Post date 2016/05/20
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Interstate 495 - Massachusetts — photo by flickr user dougtone

Digital assistants need to be coded to work within the limitations of real world contexts.

justice

Pay crime labs for their work, not the outcome of their work.

Post author By Marc Vose
Post date 2016/05/02
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West Midlands Police Forensic Scene Investigators Lab — Forensic scientists working in the crime laboratory located in Ridgepoint House. The forensic laboratory has been created to provide a dedicated blood screening service on all major crime exhibits that are submitted through to the forensic unit. The aim of this is to only submit exhibits with blood present which are likely to generate a DNA profile.

Research has shown that some crime labs are paid by the number of convictions they contribute to, rather than the work that they do. This is a big problem.

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