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In order for such a thing to work, 2 things would have to be true: First, those able to make the decisions to do such things would need to be willing to listen
by otakucode 10y ago
In order for such a thing to work, 2 things would have to be true: First, those able to make the decisions to do such things would need to be willing to listen to the AI. Second, the AI would need to be saying things that we do not already know would help. Because if it's just saying things like "reduce economic disparity to lower the crime rate" and "increase autonomy of adolescents" and similar that we have had the research for decades to show are effective, well, why would those able to change things listen? They ignore research, they're not going to listen to an AI if it's saying things that conflict with their worldview that produced the problems in the first place...
- notahacker 10y agoI'm not sure the insights into things already well-known are that sophisticated. I'd imagine it's more along the lines of "computer thinks street crime less likely to happen if there's a visible police presence outside bars on Friday night" (or applied to Dubai "if you maintain a visible presence at these hotel bars the men in them will have to book their prostitutes online instead" and "watch the foreign workers closely and your conviction rate will skyrocket") These sort of predictions "work", for certain values of work...