• soratoyuki@piefed.zip
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    47 minutes ago

    The police have been yelling for years that fighting crime is just an unwanted side effect of their actual jobs; protecting capital and killing brown people.

    One of these days we should believe them.

  • Ex Nummis@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    That was never the objective in the first place. Blanket surveillance and getting people used to the idea of zero privacy, ever again.

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      “Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.”

      -Edward Snowden

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    5 hours ago

    Just like most AI, it makes the user lazier. And I’m someone who is forced to use AI for work and I can confirm.

    Why would police actively try to solve a crime when they could lean on flock? Even if it gets it wrong they can say they tried and then move on.