Tuesday, August 11, 2020

My AI predicted this.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/crime-prediction-ai-sucks-minority-report

MINORITY REPORT-STYLE CRIME-PREDICTING AI PREDICTABLY SUCKS AT ITS JOB

The UK government has been funneling millions of dollars into a prediction tool for violent crime that uses artificial intelligence. Now, officials are finally ready to admit that it has one big flaw: It’s completely unusable. Also: Predictably (ironically), riddled with ethical problems, as Wired reports.





Still, I suspect they are doomed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/technology/clearview-floyd-abrams.html

Facial Recognition Start-Up Mounts a First Amendment Defense in Privacy Suits

Clearview AI has hired Floyd Abrams, a top lawyer, to help fight claims that selling its data to law enforcement agencies violates privacy laws.





The next wave? How likely is it to pass?

https://www.insideprivacy.com/united-states/congress/bill-restricting-companies-use-of-biometrics-and-expanding-californias-right-to-know-nationwide-introduced-in-senate/

Bill Restricting Companies’ Use of Biometrics and Expanding California’s Right To Know Nationwide Introduced in Senate

Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Merkley) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) recently introduced the National Biometric Information Privacy Act (NBIPA), which would require private entities to obtain consumers’ and employees’ written consent prior to collecting their biometric information and expand nationwide individuals’ access rights and rights to request additional information from businesses. The bill also would grant a private right of action. Unlike other proposals that focus on regulating the use and funding of biometric surveillance technology by government entities, the NBIPA regulates private entities’ use of biometrics.





Will lawyers start writing their own Apps?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/would-you-trust-a-lawyer-bot-with-your-legal-needs-11597068042

WOULD YOU TRUST A LAWYER BOT WITH YOUR LEGAL NEEDS?

Would you entrust a personal-injury claim, divorce settlement or high-stakes contract to an algorithm? A growing number of apps and digital services are betting you will, attracting millions of Silicon Valley investment dollars but raising questions about the limits and ethics of technology in the legal sphere.

Among the leaders in the emergent robo-lawyering field is DoNotPay, an app dreamed up by Joshua Browder in 2015, when he was a 17-year-old Stanford University student, to help friends dispute parking tickets. The app, which relies on an artificial intelligence-enabled chatbot, became popular, and has expanded its focus to other consumer legal services. In June it hit the million-case mark, helping save people upward of $30 million since it started, Mr. Browder says. It raised a new $12 million round of funding the same month.





A case where the experts are probably wrong…

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-changes-ai-will-bring-11597072070

THE CHANGES AI WILL BRING

More efficient criminal justice, ‘fancy’ digital assistants and a potential catastrophe in the stock market: Six experts weigh in on the biggest challenges—and opportunities—of artificial intelligence





The Joy of Colorado!

https://www.outtherecolorado.com/news/wave-of-tarantulas-soon-to-appear-in-colorado-by-the-thousands/article_354d9a24-db47-11ea-b017-0f5e580bf323.html

Wave of tarantulas soon to appear in Colorado by the thousands

Campers beware! It's about to be much more important to zip up your tent. The annual tarantula migration around Colorado is set to begin at the end of August as thousands of male tarantulas hit the road in search of a mate.

According to an article published by Colorado State University, the tarantula migration typically starts in southeastern Colorado at the end of August, lasting through September. It is followed by a southwestern migration that typically peaks in October.



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