As AI booms, it's not just helping companies replace workers and governments spread disinformation. It's also helping cops spy better.

Well this is terrifying…

@Zrybew@lemmy.ml
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So, they tracked his plate as he crossed the state line multiple times.

I wonder how many false positives they stopped on the road before getting one successful case to boast about it.

Want to see a really fucked up case? Check this one: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/07/15/predictive-policing-algorithms-fail/

@AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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I was expecting a link to Minority Report.

Rouxibeau
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Can’t. WP paywalls suck dick.

@nandeEbisu@lemmy.world
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Unexplainable results should never be probable cause because you can’t determine that the decisions were not made using protected traits either directly or inferred.

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