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BEWARE---Precrime is Here---'Minority Report' From the Screen to Real Life

Posted by Zenphamy 9 years, 3 months ago to Government
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I've watched small info releases and publication of work on this system and it's type over the last several years, but it's now moved into a Police Department near you and me--Now. From the article:

"According to a report from the Washington Post, when Fresno police received a 911 call about a man threatening his ex-girlfriend, they consulted the “Beware” software, which “scoured billions of data points, including arrest reports, property records, commercial databases, deep Web searches and the man’s social media postings.”

The software search found that the man had both a “firearm conviction” and a “gang association,” which put his “threat level” at the highest of three possible color-coded scores."
And:
"“It’s trying to forecast based on maybe your past behavior, or what is seen in your social media – a change in behavior or a change in the things you’re posting about,” Smith said. “They say ‘maybe this person is going to perpetrate a crime in the future,’ and then they want prevention from police officers.”"

I'd guess in 2yrs or less, we'll see legislation to enable a pre-crime intervention law and I'd bet we'll see it offered as justification on a Pre-Crime Police Killing "mistake".


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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 9 years, 3 months ago
    The biggest problem with "pre-crime" in Minority Report is that you were punished as if you had actually committed the crime. Had they simply intervened and defused the situation it would be more reasonable -- and not a very interesting story.
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    Posted by $ CBJ 9 years, 3 months ago
    I think this software would be useful if it were only employed to monitor politicians and bureaucrats 24/7.
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    Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 3 months ago
    So many irrational laws, everyone can be legally (if not ethically) called a criminal if enough irrational assumptions are used.
    Its global warming forecasting evolved into a personal threat to innocent people.
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