UK creating 'murder prediction' tool to identify people most likely to kill

by Jerry2 on 4/9/2025, 10:00:49 PM with 5 comments

  • by hbcondo714 on 4/9/2025, 10:16:04 PM

    Might as well call it PreCrime just like in Minority Report

    https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0181689

  • by pelagic_sky on 4/9/2025, 10:22:27 PM

    Previous thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43624468

  • by BMc2020 on 4/10/2025, 12:07:45 AM

    “Like other systems of its kind, it will code in bias towards racialised and low-income communities. Building an automated tool to profile people as violent criminals is deeply wrong, and using such sensitive data on mental health, addiction and disability is highly intrusive and alarming.”

  • by sitkack on 4/9/2025, 10:13:08 PM

    This would be a great killer for hire database.