A strawman with machine learning for a brain: A response to Biedermann (2022) the strange persistence of (source) “identification” claims in forensic literature

Perceptions of forensic scientists on statistical models, sequence data, and ethical implications for DNA evidence evaluations: A qualitative assessment

“…PG software has been criticized in the literature due to its perceived black box nature [ 12 ] and the use of sophisticated modeling techniques has been the subject of several discussions within the forensic science community [ [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] ]. Participants understood the sentiment and agreed that, from the outside, PG software can look like a “black box”, especially in light of the underlying code not being readily accessible.…”