Neural misfires from a northern brain

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new-aesthetic: “The police department in Santa Cruz, California, has begun an experiment that uses a mathematical algorithm to predict when and where certain crimes will be committed, and puts police on the scene before they happen. So far police have arrested five people using this technique of “predictive policing” and the rates of certain categories of crimes in the city have dropped significantly, perhaps as a result. The program has correctly predicted 40 percent of the crimes it was designed to monitor.” Santa Cruz Cops Experiment With ‘Predictive Policing’ | TPM Idea Lab If they’d just let us have the cool UI that they have for interacting with the precogs, that’d be fine.

new-aesthetic:

“The police department in Santa Cruz, California, has begun an experiment that uses a mathematical algorithm to predict when and where certain crimes will be committed, and puts police on the scene before they happen. So far police have arrested five people using this technique of “predictive policing” and the rates of certain categories of crimes in the city have dropped significantly, perhaps as a result. The program has correctly predicted 40 percent of the crimes it was designed to monitor.”

Santa Cruz Cops Experiment With ‘Predictive Policing’ | TPM Idea Lab

If they’d just let us have the cool UI that they have for interacting with the precogs, that’d be fine.

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  1. kingdenisofgaboon reblogged this from warrenellis
  2. moonert reblogged this from warrenellis and added:
    That’s some Minority Report shit right there. (If it turns out Philip K. Dick could predict the future, I will be...
  3. nameychu reblogged this from mk1civilian
  4. mk1civilian reblogged this from warrenellis and added:
    Filed under: Minority Report:
  5. mariafknlee reblogged this from kroosaficks
  6. kroosaficks reblogged this from kbutno and added:
    Man arrested for attempted murder: mathematical algorithm proves that he was going to eventually kill his wife.
  7. kbutno reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    Next week’s headline: five people arrested for precrime.
  8. vedastone reblogged this from eneeli and added:
    MINORITY REPORT AHHHHHHHHHHH
  9. eneeli reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    Or everyone might be scared shitless by how the police seems to be randomly arresting people and just laying low until...
  10. thrivingindystopia reblogged this from new-aesthetic and added:
    Well, uh, I won’t...any time this week then.
  11. jflee reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    hmmmm… i don’t know how constitutional a police response is before the crime was commited…
  12. astraldireparrot reblogged this from warrenellis
  13. shaunbwilson reblogged this from iamboz and added:
    Santa Cruz Cops Experiment With ‘Predictive Policing’...“The police department in Santa...
  14. ancameme reblogged this from criminalwisdom
  15. iamboz reblogged this from brocatus
  16. metaman reblogged this from new-aesthetic
  17. frumbly reblogged this from najmetender
  18. pinkstargirl reblogged this from criminalwisdom
  19. jazznskittles reblogged this from korraspasm and added:
    Seriously? I live close by this town! I need to see this in action to believe it
  20. mofonga reblogged this from quitecamille
  21. korraspasm reblogged this from najmetender
  22. jprofessor reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    Minority Report, anyone?…or is that too cliched?
  23. littlespirals reblogged this from najmetender
  24. winstonta reblogged this from eastberlin and added:
    The justice and security grad school major in me is nodding and thinking this sounds cool. The cynic of the American...
  25. funnie reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    what kind of minority report shit is this?
  26. quitecamille reblogged this from jslipchi and added:
    Wow, I’m so glad we left Santa Cruz. Let’s play a game. Predict the places that everyone needs to avoid at all times...
  27. skillzmcfly reblogged this from criminalwisdom
  28. jslipchi reblogged this from najmetender
  29. justinsanak reblogged this from claro3
  30. claro3 reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    So, that’s interesting.
  31. suzilight reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    Hmmm.. Predictive success or Waiting for the inevitable ?
  32. neverendingsleep reblogged this from criminalwisdom
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  34. mamitah reblogged this from criminalwisdom and added:
    aaaaaaaargh!!!!! Minority report is coming alive! More on this issue, wich apparently is being rolled out worldwide:...
  35. jason941494 reblogged this from criminalwisdom