UK creating 'murder prediction' tool to identify people most likely to kill

by Jerry2on 4/9/2025, 10:00 PMwith 5 comments

by hbcondo714on 4/9/2025, 10:16 PM

Might as well call it PreCrime just like in Minority Report

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0181689

by pelagic_skyon 4/9/2025, 10:22 PM

Previous thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43624468

by BMc2020on 4/10/2025, 12:07 AM

“Like other systems of its kind, it will code in bias towards racialised and low-income communities. Building an automated tool to profile people as violent criminals is deeply wrong, and using such sensitive data on mental health, addiction and disability is highly intrusive and alarming.”

by sitkackon 4/9/2025, 10:13 PM

This would be a great killer for hire database.