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UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Next up: mandatory citizen social media engagement quota.

If you don't produce data, our crime seeking LLM can't judge you.

If it can't judge you, you are on the list by default, just to be safe.

Better show us your beautiful smile everyday, or else...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Time to start making important decisions based on a quantum random number generator. Predict me now, asshole.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Screw that quantum crap, what we really need is good old fashioned augury. Who wants to shell out for some sheep entrails?