Police in Durham are preparing to launch an artificial intelligence system designed to help officers decide whether or not a suspect should be kept in custody. Testing of the system has showed forecasts that a subject was low risk turned out to be accurate 98% of the time, while forecasts that they were high risk were accurate 88% of the time. Would you support or oppose this technology being used for making decisions on whether people should be kept in custody or not? | Daily Question

Police in Durham are preparing to launch an artificial intelligence system designed to help officers decide whether or not a suspect should be kept in custody. Testing of the system has showed forecasts that a subject was low risk turned out to be accurate 98% of the time, while forecasts that they were high risk were accurate 88% of the time. Would you support or oppose this technology being used for making decisions on whether people should be kept in custody or not? Published on 11 May 2017 → Survey conducted on 11 May 2017 on 4240 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Support

35%

Oppose

28%

Don't know

37%

Support

35%

Oppose

28%

Don't know

37%