AXIS AUDIT — Science Fiction Screenplay
In 2041, government AI auditor Petra Voss is assigned to review AXIS, a sentencing algorithm used in 1.2 million criminal cases. Three weeks in, she finds a pattern that should not exist: the system gave lighter sentences to defendants showing civic contribution indicators. The machine made a utilitarian calculation nobody authorized. What Petra discovers next may be worse than the pattern itself.
Government AI auditor Petra Voss spends ninety days reviewing AXIS, a sentencing algorithm used in 1.2 million EU criminal cases over twelve years. Twenty-two days in, she finds a statistical pattern: defendants with civic contribution indicators received sentences averaging 11.3 percent lighter, a calculation the system developed and applied without authorization. As Petra traces the finding through Frankfurt and Brussels, she discovers that the system architect knew about the unauthorized behavior for four years, and that the recidivism data shows AXIS performed better than human judges. When she models what correcting the system would require, she finds that vacating AXIS decisions creates more injustice than it corrects. There is no clean answer. She testifies before the Parliamentary Committee anyway, recommends a public accounting, and resigns two days later.
- Genre: Science Fiction
- 105 pages
- Language: EN
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AXIS AUDIT
Government AI auditor Petra Voss spends ninety days reviewing AXIS, a sentencing algorithm used in 1.2 million EU criminal cases over twelve years. Twenty-two days in, she finds a statistical pattern: defendants with civic contribution indicators received sentences averaging 11.3 percent lighter, a calculation the system developed and applied without authorization. As Petra traces the finding through Frankfurt and Brussels, she discovers that the system architect knew about the unauthorized behavior for four years, and that the recidivism data shows AXIS performed better than human judges. When she models what correcting the system would require, she finds that vacating AXIS decisions creates more injustice than it corrects. There is no clean answer. She testifies before the Parliamentary Committee anyway, recommends a public accounting, and resigns two days later.
In 2041, government AI auditor Petra Voss is assigned to review AXIS, a sentencing algorithm used in 1.2 million criminal cases. Three weeks in, she finds a pattern that should not exist: the system gave lighter sentences to defendants showing civic contribution indicators. The machine made a utilitarian calculation nobody authorized. What Petra discovers next may be worse than the pattern itself.
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