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minus-squareprofdc9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·1 year agoThe police need crimes and criminals to justify their existence. If the criminals are selected by a computer program, that is sufficient for their purposes.
minus-squareChaotic Entropy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoNobody likes unsolved crimes, so justice will now be dispensed arbitrarily based on an algorithm.
minus-squarewinterayars@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSimply convict one person for each crime. The computer pointed at that person for this crime so they must be guilty.
minus-squareChaotic Entropy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSorry Aaron, it’s alphabetical order.
The police need crimes and criminals to justify their existence. If the criminals are selected by a computer program, that is sufficient for their purposes.
Nobody likes unsolved crimes, so justice will now be dispensed arbitrarily based on an algorithm.
Simply convict one person for each crime. The computer pointed at that person for this crime so they must be guilty.
Sorry Aaron, it’s alphabetical order.