Artificial Intelligence in Malaysian Courts: PP v Denis P Modili
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This case commentary examines a seminal judgment on the application of artificial intelligence in criminal sentencing in Malaysia: PP v Denis P Modili. It hypothesises what the basic components of this AI system may consist of and discusses some technical points based on the disclosure made about the AI system in the judgment. Two types of machine learning algorithms, namely linear regression and logistic regression, are introduced. Possible machine learning features and their treatment, and what the ‘recommended percentage’ as described in the judgment could be are investigated.
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