Responding to news revealed by Statewatch Freedom of Information requests that the Government is using data from hundreds of thousands of people, including victims and witnesses, to build an AI-based murder prediction tool, Rebecca Vincent, interim director of Big Brother Watch, said:
“We are alarmed by reports that the government is developing a programme enabling machines to predict who might become a murderer. We know that algorithms can get it wrong, that AI can get it wrong, and that police themselves can get it wrong, even when crimes have already taken place – they must not be allowed to use pervasive technology to target innocent people who have not committed any crime. The privacy implications are enormous, representing a human rights nightmare reminiscent of science fiction that has no place in the real world, and certainly not in a democracy. This dangerous programme should be immediately scrapped and should never see the light of day.”
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