RE: BREAKING: Vancouver Police Are Using Prediction Technology For Pre Crime Arrests!
Talk about over sensationalizing...
They are not arresting people for being in the "wrong place at the wrong time". He said the arrests were for criminals who breached bail agreements etc. Lots of bail agreements state that you can't be carrying certain types of tools if you are a B&E offender etc. They are not going to arrest average Joe for wearing gloves on a cold night in an area where there was a "crime prediction".
This doesn't even seem that high tech or new. Police departments have been using predictive analysis for a very long time... Even before computers they used crime trends to determine where their officers should be dispatched. It sounds like they have just improved on the tech/algorithms.
I like your reporting for the most part but I really think you have a biased opinion on this one. I can obviously see how this type of tech could be abused.. but do you really not see that this could be used for good?
Oh, they have trolls on Steemit too now? ;) This is a real issue. More so for what it may lead to. If you're not a troll and don't see that, open your eyes. It's time to wake up - BEFORE things get out of hand.
Go get your tinfoil hat before the government reads your thoughts.
no. The government doesnt do that. the aliens do. 😂
or you are just that stupid .
You should take your tinfoil hat off, so it can allow real facts of information get into your head. News flash dufis this is very real . Try using those weak fingers and google dipstick.
*Doofus
Anyways I am not denying it isn't real. I am in the tech sector. I know how these prediction algorithms work. It's not as fancy as you think. Just predictive pattern matching based on human behavior. Happening for a very long time but now they developed some fancy software to make it seem more advanced then it is.
Unlike you I have an open perspective for these types of technologies. The dangers that OP is alluding to are pretty far-fetched.
You're right
The problem is we have no way of knowing the preventive measures in place to ensure it will never be abused. Who is overseeing this like an ombudsman or 3rd party agency?
Too many people focus on the good, which eventually leads to abuse eventually. That's the problem.