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UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill.
(www.statewatch.org)
this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2025
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So what's the plan after that? You can't arrest people until after they commit the crime. Otherwise it gets confusing.
The UK isn't the US, the government can't just do whatever it wants and get away with it.
Stop falling for the liberal trap that laws and bureaucracy will somehow magically save you from fascism. It won't. This is just the start. They're slowly warming you all up to it until it's going to be too late. There's no such thing as "This can't happen here!". It definitely can, and it definitely will if you don't organise and stop it.
I've read through the entire article and I can't find anywhere where it says that they will actually be acting in the data. It also says in the article that this project was started by the conservatives not labour so again I don't necessarily think there's cause for concern right now. Also the fact the government even responded to the freedom of information request seems to suggest that it isn't actually a secret project.
Shit like that needs to be stopped while it's just someone's wild wet dreams. When it will become solid plans with budget and deadlines, it will already be too late
It would be hilarious to see random civilians being casually followed by a policeman (policeperson?), overtly and cheerfully "nah mate, you haven't done a thing. I'm just here to watch. For now. Carry on."
Yet.
Aha the "it might happen" argument, used to justify pretty much any amount of pearl clutching that one feels is necessary.
I'm not saying it's impossible but just saying it might happen and then providing no actual evidence as to why that might happen doesn't really constitute an argument. We might have super intelligent AI by next month, but we probably won't so I'm not going to worry about it.