Secret UK government “Murder Prediction’ AI system revealed, deepfake lawyer struck off, Kawasaki’s bizarre rideable robot horse: AI Eye.
Pressure group Statewatch has revealed the UKs Ministry of Justice has been working on a dystopian AI Murder Prediction program that uses algorithms to analyze large data sets and predict who is most likely to become a killer.
Thats basically the plot of Minority Report. Documents outlining the scheme were uncovered in Freedom of Information requests. In them, the MoJ says the program aims to review offender characteristics that increase the risk of committing homicide and explore alternative and innovative data science techniques to risk assessment of homicide.
Statewatch says data from ordinary citizens is being used as part of the project, although officials claim the data is only those with a criminal record. Researcher Sofia Lyall called the project chilling and dystopian and said it would likely end up targeting minority 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.
Theres an old clip circulating of Dave Chappelle talking about how stupid Donald Trumps original tariff threats on China were for trying to bring back low-paid factory jobs to the US.
For what? So iPhones can be $9000? Leave that job in China where it belongs. None of us wants to work that hard… I want to wear Nikes, I don’t want to make them shits.
The Chinese are also LOLing at the thought of a bunch of obese good ol boys toiling away in sweatshops.
