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AI System Helped Cops Identify a Drug Trafficker Just by Analyzing His Driving Patterns(gizmodo.com)

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Well this is terrifying…

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Zrybew@lemmy.ml
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So, they tracked his plate as he crossed the state line multiple times.

I wonder how many false positives they stopped on the road before getting one successful case to boast about it.

Want to see a really fucked up case? Check this one: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/07/15/predictive-policing-algorithms-fail/

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Rouxibeau@lemmy.world
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Can’t. WP paywalls suck dick.

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nandeEbisu@lemmy.world
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Unexplainable results should never be probable cause because you can’t determine that the decisions were not made using protected traits either directly or inferred.

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AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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I was expecting a link to Minority Report.

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