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[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago

Yay, the future is AI powered pre-crime and humanoid police bots killing suspects

[–] errer@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago

Those license plate reader cameras would be upset if they could read

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 23 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

But it made some already rich people even more rich, and that’s what’s important here

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

How else are billionaires supposed to afford groceries? They struggle enough with just making rent.

How else are they supposed to afford healthcare? They aren't going to be able to continue trying to become immortal if they don't make an extra $200 billion this year.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 27 points 12 hours ago

The problem, says attorney Alex Coolman, was that Parra was five miles away from Golden Hill at the time of the crime, and the so-called hit from the license plate reader was captured before any police pursuit began.

“This Flock hit was obviously the wrong car, as it could not have been in both places simultaneously,” said Coolman, who represents Parra and the driver, 23-year-old Ariel Beltran.

Despite the signs pointing to it being a different Alfa Romeo, police arrested Beltran and Parra.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

I hope he will make a fortune from any lawsuit against them.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

Makes me wonder how many false positives and negatives this system has. If it were a diagnostic test, people would be talking about sensitivity and specificity. Same calculations apply here as well.