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7561736 No.7561736 [Reply] [Original]

I'm not talking about psychology (that's not even science), but how about statistics? Could an algorithm foresee the probabilities of someone becoming a mass murderer?

>> No.7561742

we Minority Report in 5 yrs

>> No.7561745
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7561745

No, because quantum randomness obstructs any detectable pattern even an advanced machine can trace.

>> No.7561753

>>7561736
They're already doing it in Pennsylvania.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/prison-reform-risk-assessment/

>> No.7561831

spree_killer = virgin && (age > 16);

>> No.7561853

>>7561831
kek

>> No.7561884

How would the algorithm get data? From social media? And even if someone was marked as a potential psycho what are you going to do about it? Put a patrol car on him 24/7?

>> No.7561926

>>7561736
Mass murderers are far too rare to apply statistics.

>> No.7561929

>>7561884
this

>> No.7563590

>>7561736
>inb4 eurasian question on /sci/

>> No.7563604

>>7561736
>algorithm
When you can define this term, I'll try to find a way to respond in a more constructive manner.

>> No.7563609

>>7561736
lol, this faggot lawyer thinks he can
https://www.ncherm.org/
https://nabita.org/
or maybe he just makes money telling schools that he can

>> No.7563631

>>7563609
I think you meant to post this on /pol/, OP.

>> No.7563642

>>7561736
>>7561736
You should watch the film Minority Report if you're interested. (Assuming you haven't already)

>> No.7565262

>>7563642
Or read every PkD novel in the next week on a healthy dose of dexedrine

>> No.7565275

>>7561736
captain burgerland 2 winter soldier had this covered well enough

>> No.7565280

>>7563604

I think he means some kind of model that is output by a machine learning algorithm.

Either that, or he means a supervised learning algorithm.

Or maybe he has no idea what he's talking about at all.

>> No.7565292

http://www.techspot.com/news/62258-hitachi-crime-predicting-platform-begin-trials-october.html

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>>7561831
spree_killer = (virgin && (age > 16)) | (yearsSinceHadSex > 10);

checks out fam. Everyone will be required to submit the last time they got it in to the George Sodini Department of Celibacy-induced Rampage Prevention.

>> No.7565457

Watch the movie by shya labeuff, total control or something, besides the main topic u will realize why a machine making assumptions on human behaviorwould be a bad idea