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The minority report: Chicago's new police computer predicts crimes

• eponeponepon 13y ago
  This article really creeped me out until I got to this sentence: "It’s clear that governments all over the US lock up way too many people — and have done so for decades. Having representatives from a police department visit high-risk people before those individuals have committed a crime is better than the alternative." ...and suddenly I'm questioning my knee-jerk reaction. There is a very valid point there, and I'm no longer sure what my opinion is on the matter. Interesting.
  • mathattack 13y ago
    It reminds me of the old Asimov story where the computer predicts crimes, and people get warned. (Then the computer plots to have itself killed) I'm spacing on the name of it.
    • lutusp 13y ago
      Asimov: "All the troubles of the world" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Troubles_of_the_World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Troubles_of_the_World Philip K. Dick: "Minority Report" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minority_Report Similar topics. I think you're after the first. The second was recently made into a film.
      • mathattack 13y ago
        Yes - the first was it. Thanks!