@schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy@programming.dev • 10 days agoUK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to killwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
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minus-square@FizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilink4•10 days agoWhy though? What action can you take on “Dave is 50% more likely to murder than Jim”? Murders are too rare for this to be remotely useful.
minus-square@WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 days agoSo they can use it to dramatically expand data collection “to achieve 0 murders”, and before you know it everyone’s getting disappeared by the thought police.
Why though? What action can you take on “Dave is 50% more likely to murder than Jim”?
Murders are too rare for this to be remotely useful.
So they can use it to dramatically expand data collection “to achieve 0 murders”, and before you know it everyone’s getting disappeared by the thought police.