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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

Why is Labour like this?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I know what I'm watching tonight.

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

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

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

[–] [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?