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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 05:32 AM Aug 2019

The police know what you'll do next summer

The West Midlands system, which police are currently developing with the help of private sector consultancy giant Accenture, will use artificial intelligence, statistics and police data to identify future criminals and victims of crime, and pinpoint those who might become an influential “hub” within a wider network of offenders involved in modern slavery. Though still in beta, the system will eventually “help the force… reduce cost across its operations”, “improve effectiveness and increase efficiency” and “reduce future demand for services”, according to Accenture’s website.

It’s unclear what will happen when the system identifies individuals as “at risk”; Superintendent Nick Dale, police lead on the West Midlands project, says the details are still being ironed out. But the pilot is a glimpse of the Home Office’s far-reaching plan to implement a National Data Analytics Solution across England and Wales, using artificial intelligence to predict which individuals are likely to commit knife and gun crime in the future.


https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/08/police-know-what-you-ll-do-next-summer

Literally BIG BROTHER with a mix of MINORITY REPORT... The 21st Century is really starting to freak me out!
Much more at the link...
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The police know what you'll do next summer (Original Post) Soph0571 Aug 2019 OP
Aided and abetted by boogle, fakebook, damnazon and others. democratisphere Aug 2019 #1
+1 2naSalit Aug 2019 #2
They've been doing this unofficially for centuries...blame it on the black guy. brush Aug 2019 #3

brush

(57,517 posts)
3. They've been doing this unofficially for centuries...blame it on the black guy.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 09:30 AM
Aug 2019

The only thing that will be different will be they'll add "the brown guy, too."

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