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Also worth noting: predicting that someone will commit a crime doesn't mean that we have to arrest them. We could use the prediction to target other (voluntary)
by SomeStupidPoint 10y ago
Also worth noting: predicting that someone will commit a crime doesn't mean that we have to arrest them. We could use the prediction to target other (voluntary) intervention.
Of course, we already use less than 100% effective prediction to target non-arrest intervention, so it's quite possible that 100% prediction would only have the effect to better target what we already do (and potentially alleviate harm or waste), rather than Minority Report style pre-crime arrests.
Im not sure crime prediction is a moral quagmire, just that what we use as a basis for prediction or a few drastic uses, like pre-crime arrests, are tough questions.