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A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time

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[–] 1bluepixel 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you know, every sci-fi movie ever on the topic was right.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'm so grateful for living in a society that lacks this technology. Imagine being arrested out of nowhere because a machine said you were going to do something bad in a year from now.

Hell, imagine not even knowing what you were going to do, but the algorithm said so.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

minority report

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

they're selling hype, not software