Narayan would prefer hard-coded criminal risk algorithms where the logic is apparent to all (including defendants) over opaque neural networks, even if both achieve identical accuracy, because transparency enables accountability and understanding of how decisions are made.
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Arvin NarayanEvidence Quote
“we would actually be much happier with a system where that was the hard-coded logic because it would be apparent to everybody, especially the defendant, uh what is actually going on”
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AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference— MIT Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping WorkCreated: 8/11/2026, 6:51:26 AM
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