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Minority Report.. Coming to a Police Department near you...
Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:39 am
Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:39 am
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Sounds like someone has pre-cogs stashed away somewhere trying to predict crimes.
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Mr. Brown, whose criminal record includes drug and assault charges, is at the center of an experiment taking place in dozens of police departments across the country, one in which the authorities have turned to complex computer algorithms to try to pinpoint the people most likely to be involved in future violent crimes — as either predator or prey. The goal is to do all they can to prevent the crime from happening.
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The strategy, known as predictive policing, combines elements of traditional policing, like increased attention to crime “hot spots” and close monitoring of recent parolees. But it often also uses other data, including information about friendships, social media activity and drug use, to identify “hot people” and aid the authorities in forecasting crime.
Sounds like someone has pre-cogs stashed away somewhere trying to predict crimes.
This post was edited on 9/25/15 at 8:40 am
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Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:40 am to Dan Bilzerian
A police department showing Tom Cruise movies seems pretty silly to me.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:41 am to Dan Bilzerian
You don't need complex computer algorithms to try to pinpoint the people most likely to be involved in future violent crimes —
Just sayin....
Just sayin....
Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:42 am to heypaul
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complex computer algorithms
PC way of saying racial profiling.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:45 am to Dan Bilzerian
I was actually thinking about this yesterday. It is often seen as non PC to include race in analytics such as this... but if it is a significant variable in the equation it should be included.
ETA: During grad school we did a project involving analytics and the movement of police from one town to another by observing what is causing crimes to happen in certain cities (weather related mainly) that sounds similar to this in a more macro sense.
ETA: During grad school we did a project involving analytics and the movement of police from one town to another by observing what is causing crimes to happen in certain cities (weather related mainly) that sounds similar to this in a more macro sense.
This post was edited on 9/25/15 at 8:47 am
Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:48 am to yellowhammer2098
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. It is often seen as non PC to include race in analytics such as this
When 18% commit 85% of the crimes, I think race should be taken into consideration. call me racist but facts are facts.
This post was edited on 9/25/15 at 8:49 am
Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:52 am to TheAlmightySmash
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This post was edited on 9/25/15 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 9/25/15 at 8:52 am to TheAlmightySmash
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When 18% commit 85% of the crimes, I think race should be taken into consideration. call me racist but facts are facts.
I agree.
In my profession it is not allowed (not sure if legally or just based on our "ethics" requirements) to not include race in our demographic data that is included in everything we do. Data analytics does not work to its potential when you can't include a significant variable.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:09 am to Dan Bilzerian
People have been calling this for a while, including Mark Cuban. Ever since algorithms were developed to track people's tendencies in regard to marketing for products, this has been a natural progression.
Posted on 9/25/15 at 9:24 am to Dan Bilzerian
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increased attention to crime “hot spots” and close monitoring of recent parolees.
Sounds like a good idea.
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it often also uses other data, including information about friendships, social media activity and drug use, to identify “hot people” and aid the authorities in forecasting crime.
This is fine too as long as it's just publicly available information, if criminals are stupid enough to publicly brag about breaking the law... However, if the police NSA their way around the publicly available part then they've gone too far.
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