“One key recommendation that emerges from this essay is that we should be transparent about what risks we are concerned about. This is both to allow everyday citizens to weigh in on how government resources are allocated and also to allow for needed scientific scrutiny as to whether compute thresholds are a successful protocol for estimating and mitigating risk.”
Interesting paper discussing the tension between efficiency and thoroughness in alert system designs. This is an evergreen issue because you want to avoid false positives, avoid false negatives, and keep costs low. Can’t have all three…