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There was a movie called Minority Report that had a similar premise. Basically they would detect murders before they happened and arrest people moments before t

There was a movie called Minority Report that had a similar premise. Basically they would detect murders before they happened and arrest people moments before the murder took place. At the time of the arrest the potential killer had motive and intent, so that’s how they justified it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)?wprov=s...

hoppyhoppy2 4y ago
Based on the story by Philip K. Dick
belter 4y ago
The movie was a warning: "UK police are using AI to predict who could become violent criminals" https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-police-are-using-ai-to-predict-who-could-become-violent-criminals https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-police-are-using-ai-to-predic...
- kayodelycaon 4y ago
  Ah yes, another skin color detector.
- _fat_santa 4y ago
  The problem with cops using AI is they seem to put far too much weight on what it discovers. I remember reading a story about how Clearview AI nabbed some random person and claimed that they were some other person. The story wen't on that the cops picked this guy up and bent over backwards to try to make sense of what their AI was telling them, because they thought the AI was infallible. Guy was telling the cops that he had nothing to do with what they were accusing him of and IIRC the cops kept coming back with "but why would the AI single you out" And that's the root of the problem. We in tech know AI can do all these great things but that it also has a high error rate and to take results with a grain of salt. Folks outside of tech think that it's infallible and perfect 100% of the time.
Tozen 4y ago
Good to have brought up that movie, worth a watch (or to see again). Quite odd (or maybe not) that the EU wants to head in that direction, of setting up the near equivalent of their own "Precrime" program. The infallible "algorithm" will stand in for the "Precogs".

hoppyhoppy2 4y ago

Based on the story by Philip K. Dick

belter 4y ago

The movie was a warning: "UK police are using AI to predict who could become violent criminals" https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-police-are-using-ai-to-predict-who-could-become-violent-criminals https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-police-are-using-ai-to-predic...

kayodelycaon 4y ago
Ah yes, another skin color detector.
_fat_santa 4y ago
The problem with cops using AI is they seem to put far too much weight on what it discovers. I remember reading a story about how Clearview AI nabbed some random person and claimed that they were some other person. The story wen't on that the cops picked this guy up and bent over backwards to try to make sense of what their AI was telling them, because they thought the AI was infallible. Guy was telling the cops that he had nothing to do with what they were accusing him of and IIRC the cops kept coming back with "but why would the AI single you out" And that's the root of the problem. We in tech know AI can do all these great things but that it also has a high error rate and to take results with a grain of salt. Folks outside of tech think that it's infallible and perfect 100% of the time.

Tozen 4y ago

Good to have brought up that movie, worth a watch (or to see again). Quite odd (or maybe not) that the EU wants to head in that direction, of setting up the near equivalent of their own "Precrime" program. The infallible "algorithm" will stand in for the "Precogs".