this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2025
22 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

4297 readers
474 users here now

Which posts fit here?

Anything that is at least tangentially connected to the technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.


Post guidelines

[Opinion] prefixOpinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title.


Rules

1. English onlyTitle and associated content has to be in English.
2. Use original linkPost URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
3. Respectful communicationAll communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. InclusivityEveryone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacksAny kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangentsStay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may applyIf something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.


Companion communities

!globalnews@lemmy.zip
!interestingshare@lemmy.zip


Icon attribution | Banner attribution


If someone is interested in moderating this community, message @brikox@lemmy.zip.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

The UK government has launched a challenge for the development of a map that uses AI to predict where crimes will occur. It'll couple this with 13,000 more law enforcers.

top 9 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] itsathursday@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

They can skip the investment and just racially profile to get the same result but with less steps

[–] jojo@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Heh, sometimes I forget that this isn’t slack too

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Tom Cruise lives there. Maybe he can advise them on the feasibility.

[–] ushmel@piefed.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

UK is completely off the rails, man. I feel bad for anyone who jumped ship from USA after Trump got elected. Y'all's liberals are worse than ours by a long shot.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

I think US fascism is still worse, but UK is defintely a police state at this point and they are actively trying to surpass the US.

[–] teft@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

Photo from inside one of their pre-cog lab:

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It will eventually show the locations of where they use this AI.