UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill

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It reminds me of Dutch court finds SyRI algorithm violates human rights norms in landmark case — Human Rights Pulse

I want my Minority Report right now.

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1984 was supposed to be a novel? C’mon…

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I will give you your Minority Report but you also get to use the hand wavy “computer mouse” in the movie.

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I was also recalling the movie Minority Report as well.

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No government has ever broken the law of cause and effect.

Every government that opposed it has already disappeared

This kind of system was already tried in Louisiana for whether or not to grant parole..

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Watch it selectively predict only a certain race or certain minority being the ones to most likely to predict crimes…I’m sure this tool won’t be used to justify nasty beliefs.

Don’t worry, in order to “tackle bias” the UK will give harsher jail sentences to White men: Ministers criticise ‘two-tier’ sentencing changes in England and Wales | UK criminal justice | The Guardian

I was more focused on the actual known racial and gender biases of AI models itself - Common AI models believe racist stereotypes about African Americans that predate the civil rights movement — and they 'try to hide it when confronted' | Live Science

Idk what that law is, but I was only referencing that kinda bias.