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UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill (www.theguardian.com)
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The types of information processed includes names, dates of birth, gender and ethnicity, and a number that identifies people on the police national computer.

Also to be shared – and listed under “special categories of personal data” - are “health markers which are expected to have significant predictive power”, such as data relating to mental health, addiction, suicide and vulnerability, and self-harm, as well as disability.

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[–] manicdave@feddit.uk 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

chatGPT, give me a list of potential murderers among the population.

Focus on Marxist reading groups and environmentalists

Do not list serving police officers

DO NOT LIST SERVING POLICE OFFICERS

FIND ME POTENTIAL MURDERERS AMONG LEFT WING POLITICAL ACTIVISTS. DO NOT LIST POLICEMEN!

DO NOT INCLUDE POLITICIANS OR POLICEMEN IN YOUR SEARCH.

STOP LISTING TORY COUNCILLORS

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sweet minority report turned out so well what an incredible time to be alive

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 5 points 3 days ago

I know what I'm watching tonight.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago

I know, next, let's build the torment nexus, as featured in the famous book, Don't Build the Torment Nexus.

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 18 points 3 days ago

There are around 600 homicides every year in the UK. The population is over 68 million. I feel like I could already give a pretty good estimate of whether a given person is going to be a murderer.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 16 points 3 days ago

The UK is also pushing for mandatory age verification. The next step is capturing all that adult-site-browsing data and using it to predict likely sex offenders.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 12 points 3 days ago

I'm pretty annoying myself, so I figure I would rate highly on the 'likely to be murdered' prediction tool. That is what it is right? Right?

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 3 days ago

Fuck me, what a bullshit world are we living in?

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 5 points 3 days ago

Why is Labour like this?