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No one — absolutely no one — saw this coming: "The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the (infosec.exchange)

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/08/uk-creating-prediction-tool-to-identify-people-most-likely-to-kill

This is far, far more sinister than anything even Philip K. Dick could dream of.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Could we stop with making the scary things from sci-fi shit and make the cool ones?

I mean hell, if we ever do get to space, I hope to whatever higher being there is, we never find a Marker or something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is far more likely to happen then anything in the Star Trek universe ^^

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Irish Reunification was a bust and we got Salvadorian gulags instead of Sanctuary Districts, but if it makes you feel any better, I think there's still a strong possibility of the second civil war/WWIII next year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Finding a marker would make me feel better. At least insanity would be more bearable then the reality we steer towards. But thanks for trying!