'Pre-Crime' Arrives In Chicago – Big Data Tells Cops Who's Next To Be Shot

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<p>‘I Chicago, where homici es are o t of co trol a estimate to top 550 i 2016 (the most si ce 2012), police are so esperate to correct the problem that they are throwi g goo ol fashio e police work to the wi , a t r i g to ‘Mi ority Report’-esq e algorithms to o the work for them.</p>
<p>The Chicago PD is si g a algorithm i or er to ge erate a list of people from police atabases i or er to fig re o t who to “target.” Each i ivi al o the list is provi e a score base o arrests, shooti gs, affiliatio s with ga gs, a other variables. The i te t of the list is to pre ict who is ext to be shot, or shoot someo e, a o ce the list is p ate , a thorities the go visit i ivi als with the highest scores at their home. The i ivi als are the tol that they’re o the list, a that they are bei g mo itore the NYT reports.’</p>
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