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Innocent Until Predicted Guilty
theodp writes "Gizmodo has an angry piece on IBM helping Florida to predict how delinquent your child's going to be. The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has decided to start using IBM predictive analytics software to help them determine which of the 85,000 kids who enter their system each year poses the biggest future threat. From IBM's sales pitch: 'Predictive analytics gives government organizations worldwide a highly-sophisticated and intelligent source to create safer communities by identifying, predicting, responding to and preventing criminal activities. It gives the criminal justice system the ability to draw upon the wealth of data available to detect patterns, make reliable projections and then take the appropriate action in real time to combat crime and protect citizens.'"
The whole point appears to identify at-risk kids and make sure they get the support they need.
I didn't think there were any humans with this level of naiveté outside of a museum exhibit. A living specimen! In the 21st century!
I would have never expected this from a company that was ok with working with the Nazis.
Because I'm not already?
Ah, IBM's long-standing tradition of selling tech to Nazis...
Liberty in your lifetime