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This is interesting since, really, cops' brains are already creating "threat scores", it's just that they aren't available to look at or tinker with how they're
by habitue 11y ago
This is interesting since, really, cops' brains are already creating "threat scores", it's just that they aren't available to look at or tinker with how they're calculated. It's likely these computer models are inferior to the mental models, but making them explicit is a big step.
- mordocai 11y agoIt would be a big step if those models were under public scrutiny and not a "trade secret" of the for profit company that makes it.
- habitue 11y agoFair point. But it's now also possible to lobby to get access to it
- xiaoma 11y agoAs soon as the model were public it would be useless. The first thing an aspiring criminal or terrorist would do would be study the model and then do whatever necessary to make his or her own threat score low.