The famous movie Minority Report has clearly emerged on how much people's lives can change with the advancement of technology. Where a person with a special power is used to predict the future events, and on the basis of the crime, the culprit is detained before the crime takes place. However, this fiction may become a reality this time. This is because the UK is working to create algorithm -based software to identify potential killers. This software will help identify potential criminals before killing the killing using personal data.
The project was first known as the 'Homicide Prediction Project'. Later, 'Data Sharing for the development of risk evaluation' was renamed. The project is run by the UK Ministry of Justice. It uses algorithms and personal data, including the entrance service information.
It is important to note that entrance refers to the opportunity to adapt to society without imprisonment or bound to an institution by suspending the punishment they deserve.
The government claims that the project is currently created only for research purposes and it will help understand the risk of serious violence among people in the entrance process.
The project was started under the previous conservative administration. However, the project is also underway under the Labor government that came to power last year.
Statewatch, a organization working for civic independence, has publicly expressed the project. Through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
Statewatch researcher Sofia Layl said the tool would create a human profile before being criminals and it would further strengthen the inherent discrimination of the judicial system. Studies have shown that the 'crime forecast' systems are indeed defective. However, the government wants to keep the AI systems that will identify people as criminals before doing anything.
Layl has requested the government to stop the creation of the tool forecast.
The idea of using algorithms was taken seriously to predict potential killers in the novel 'Minority Report' of Author Philip A Dick. Based on this novel, a movie was made in the same name in 2002. Tom Druz played in the movie.
In the fictional world of the movie, the so -called 'Praim' police officers arrested the killers before the crime took place. However, this story is used in the practice (the ability to predict), where the algorithm is predicted through mental capabilities.
Predictive policing or predictive policing is being used in many departments of the US police in the real world. However, there is increasing criticism and legal challenges on its acceptance and control.
