Javier Milei’s government will monitor social media with AI to ‘predict future crimes’ (english.elpais.com)
from recursive_recursion@piefed.ca to privacy@lemmy.ca on 22 Aug 06:47
https://piefed.ca/post/161628

cross-posted from: lemmy.nz/post/27167107

The Artificial Intelligence Unit will be made up of police officers and agents from other security forces. Its tasks will include “patrolling open social platforms, applications and websites,” where it will seek to “detect potential threats, identify movements of criminal groups or anticipate disturbances.” It will also be dedicated to “analyzing images from security cameras in real time in order to detect suspicious activities or identify wanted persons using facial recognition.” The resolution also awards it powers worthy of science fiction: “Using machine learning algorithms to analyze historical crime data and thus predict future crimes.” Another purpose will be to discover “suspicious financial transactions or anomalous behavior that could indicate illegal activities.”

The new unit will not only deal with virtual spaces. It will be able to “patrol large areas using drones, provide aerial surveillance and respond to emergencies,” as well as perform “dangerous tasks, such as defusing explosives, using robots.”

A digital policy specialist says, the initiative essentially means “illegal intelligence disguised as the use of ‘modern’ technologies.” Among the implicit risks, that there will be little control and many different security forces with access to the information that’s collected.

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Embargo@lemmy.zip on 22 Aug 08:21 next collapse

Well it was always going to get to this but I’m pretty disappointed that it isn’t aided by a cybernetically enhanced dolphin.

selokichtli@lemmy.ml on 22 Aug 08:51 next collapse

Maybe he could avoid what would be his next cryptoscam.

Kyrgizion@lemmy.world on 22 Aug 09:24 next collapse

Pretty sure this is going to happen in the entire world. Internet freedom will not survive the decade.

possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 22 Aug 10:46 collapse

I lived without it before, I’ll fuckin do it again.

umbrella@lemmy.ml on 22 Aug 11:09 collapse

you will be forced to have it then

possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 22 Aug 12:50 collapse

Can’t force the dead.

SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world on 22 Aug 10:37 next collapse

When it doesn’t work, will they cover it up by going full Minority Report?

ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com on 22 Aug 10:51 next collapse

Hahaha and this is supposed to be the libertarian/small government guy. There’s always a fascist behind the mask.

slykethephoxenix@lemmy.ca on 22 Aug 12:54 collapse

My biggest shock is here is people thinking this doesn’t already happen to some extent.

just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Aug 11:02 next collapse

This is already happening in the world (especially Germany). Thats the exact business proposal for Palantir. NRW, Bavaria , and Baden Würtemberg all already signed contracts with them.

lurch@sh.itjust.works on 22 Aug 12:18 next collapse

I wonder, if the precrime division gets those swipe screens and a ball dispenser as an alert if it detects something 😆

cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone on 22 Aug 12:55 next collapse

can't wait until all crimes being committed in argentina are found to have been committed by people in queer spaces on the internet /s

TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca on 22 Aug 13:34 next collapse

Thought police coming to a country near you. New Silicon Valley technology doing its job of facilitating fascism

C1pher@lemmy.world on 22 Aug 15:47 next collapse

Here we fucking go. It was NEVER about protecting people, but manipulating them. Somebody needs to do something against this.

Infinite@lemmy.zip on 22 Aug 19:35 next collapse

Ah, finally the Torment Nexus.

leastaction@lemmy.ca on 22 Aug 22:26 collapse

Another purpose will be to discover “suspicious financial transactions or anomalous behavior that could indicate illegal activities.

That’s rich coming from Milei, who is currently being investigated for a blatant crypto scam as well as an old-school corporate bribery scandal.

RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works on 23 Aug 09:56 collapse

So much for “anarcho-capitalism”