Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’
  • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    Why though? What action can you take on “Dave is 50% more likely to murder than Jim”?

    Murders are too rare for this to be remotely useful.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      So they can use it to dramatically expand data collection “to achieve 0 murders”, and before you know it everyone’s getting disappeared by the thought police.