aiethics
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This Article From 1985 Predicted Deadly Force By Police Would Be ‘Nonexistent’ In The Future
When you imagine the American police officer of the future, what do you see? In the 1980s, one police officer saw “supercops” – a highly trained force of professionals who had the most high-tech toys at their disposal and almost never killed people.
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UK Official Says It’s Too Expensive To Delete All The Mugshots Of Innocent People In Police Databases
In 2012, a ruling by Britain’s High Court found that keeping the mugshots of innocent people in police databases was unlawful. But almost six years later, the country’s Home Office has defended the continued retention of such images, saying, basically, the problem is too expensive to fix.
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Singapore Plans To Test Lampposts Equipped With Face Recognition Surveillance Cameras
Last year, Singapore announced that it wants to turn every lamppost in the country, around 110,000 in total, into a wireless sensor network. And seeming to confirm the worst fears of privacy advocates, Singapore now says it plans to test cameras capable of facial recognition as part of its pilot program.
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US Schools Are Using AI To Check Students’ Social Media For Warning Signs Of Violence
In the hopes of deterring violence, schools are turning to big data analytics to examine social media posts for the earliest signs of violence – depression, resentment and isolation. Shawsheen Valley Technical High School in Massachusetts has turned to Social Sentinel, a data analytics company that says it can use the type of threat detection…