• snooggums
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    3321 hours ago

    It isn’t predicting individual crimes, just pattern recognition and extrapolation like how the weather is predicted.

    “There are on average 4 shootings in November in this general area so there probably will be 4 again this year.” is the kind of prediction that AI is making.

    • @Death_Equity
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      1416 hours ago

      Predictions with hallucinations is exactly how an effective justice system works.

    • Echo Dot
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      110 hours ago

      So they are using it to try and decide on deployment?

      If that is all they’re using it for I guess it isn’t too bad. As long as it isn’t accusing individuals of planning to commit a crime with a zero evidence.

      • snooggums
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        It is probably going to be used to justify the disproportionate police attention paid to minority communities and to justify activities similar to stop and frisk.