A Boring Dystopia

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The world we live in isn't just dystopic, it isn't just stupid, trying to describe all the ways it sucks just makes for a really boring story.

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UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by ooli2@lemm.ee to c/aboringdystopia@mander.xyz

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can we change the communities name to AfullOnDystopia yet?

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[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 12 points 4 months ago

A new level of demographic profiling..

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh hey I've seen this one! Can't wait for my back alley eye transplant!

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 months ago

Remember don’t open them for two days or you’ll go blind! Also, watch out for that moldy sandwich and green milk….

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This tool will look like this: us-foreign-policy

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

Also sprinkle a political activism axis on there. If you advocate for Palestinian rights or against climate polluters, then it doesnt matter if you are white. Your ass is going to jail for terrorism.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Minority Report (1956) by Philip K Dick

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I was wondering if any Dickheads would comment here. 😎

(To the uninitiated, that what Philip K. Dick fans call ourselves)

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

wait most likely to kill or most likely to kill?

[–] grubberfly@mander.xyz 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

can you elaborate on how the emphasis changes meaning?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

As in, is the AI identifying people who will most likely kill, or whom it would most likely kill

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

Pickles?