“Minority Report” was just a movie, right? Well, not anymore. Beat cops from Los Angeles to London are using Artificial Intelligence to forecast tomorrow’s murders. Is every crime predestined?
In this episode
What is predictive policing?
Is crime predictable? Is it predestined?
What personal data is being tracked?
How can crime statistics be biased?
What should Christians think?
Ever load up Google Maps, and think, “nah… I can do better than that!” It’s the humans vs. the computer algorithms, and it’s hard to tell who’s winning (or should!). How does Google Maps decide what route you should take? How does Spotify determine what kind of music you might like? And if I wanted to get a job at those companies, how would they choose one application out of a thousand resumes?
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