4 papers
Street-Level AI: Are Large Language Models Ready for Real-World Judgments?
Gaurab Pokharel, Shafkat Farabi, Patrick J. Fowler +1
A surge of recent work explores the ethical and societal implications of large-scale AI models that make "moral" judgments. Much of this literature focuses either on alignment with…
Who Pays the RENT? Implications of Spatial Inequality for Prediction-Based Allocation Policies
Tasfia Mashiat, Patrick J. Fowler, Sanmay Das
AI-powered scarce resource allocation policies rely on predictions to target either specific individuals (e.g., high-risk) or settings (e.g., neighborhoods). Recent research on ind…
Active Geospatial Search for Efficient Tenant Eviction Outreach
Anindya Sarkar, Alex DiChristofano, Sanmay Das +3
Tenant evictions threaten housing stability and are a major concern for many cities. An open question concerns whether data-driven methods enhance outreach programs that target at-…
Beyond Eviction Prediction: Leveraging Local Spatiotemporal Public Records to Inform Action
Tasfia Mashiat, Alex DiChristofano, Patrick J. Fowler +1
There has been considerable recent interest in scoring properties on the basis of eviction risk. The success of methods for eviction prediction is typically evaluated using differe…