The technology sifts through a database of thousands of crimes and uses algorithms and different variables, such as geographical location, criminal records and ages of previous offenders, to come up with predictions of where, when, and how a crime could possibly be committed and by who.
The program operates without any direct evidence that a crime will be committed, it simply takes datasets and computes possibilities.
“People assume that if someone murdered then they will murder in the future,” Berk also states, “But what really matters is what that person did as a young individual. If they committed armed robbery at age 14 that’s a good predictor.
Found by Joe Petrides.
Then why should a parole board evaluate a person’s threat to society? They have no way of knowing right?
If only youthful drunk driving and cocaine abuse could have alerted someone to the possibility of the adult starting a war
I predict that Dvorak will blog again.
And again.
So they make a prediction. So? I predict there will be a shooting in Oakland before Saturday night. Of course, since I have to photograph them all of the time, and I average two a week, it’s an easy call.
“The technology sifts through a database of thousands of crimes and uses algorithms and different variables, such as geographical location, criminal records and ages of previous offenders, to come up with predictions of where, when, and how a crime could possibly be committed and by who.”
Pffft.
Batman had this since the 60s.
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# 21 MikeN Then why should a parole board evaluate a person’s threat to society? They have no way of knowing right?
Someone who is up for parole is, presumably, already a criminal.
Pic is from the movie 1984, I think.
“The technology sifts through a database of thousands of crimes and uses algorithms and different variables, such as geographical location, criminal records and ages of previous offenders, to come up with predictions of where, when, and how a crime could possibly be committed and by who.”
Not to nitpick, but shouldn’t it be “by whom?” Who writes these articles?
And a freaking bazillion false positives every damn minute. Imbeciles.
From the article:
When a person goes on probation or parole they are supervised by an officer. The question that officer has to answer is ‘what level of supervision do you provide?’”
So gut instinct, or do you want to use some scientific insight?
I like the old way..
FREEDOM to be an idiot, as long as I dont hurt anyone.