Malaysian Judiciary AI Sentencing Allegedly Disproportionate: A Call for Responsible AI Governance

February 19, 2020

The AI system employed by the Malaysian judiciary, using age, employment, and socio-economic data, reportedly recommended an unusually high sentence for a drug possession case. Such incidents highlight the need for trustworthy, safe, and secure AI, as well as robust governance structures like those provided by Project Cerebellum's AI incident database. Join us in shaping responsible AI with your expertise.JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
Alleged deployer
malaysian-judiciary, malaysian-courts
Alleged developer
sarawak-information-systems
Alleged harmed parties
malaysian-convicted-people

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/180

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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