How machine learning can be used to fight crime in South Africa

[mojoman]

Something roughly similar was tried several years ago for road safety. Don't know if it used the same algorithm but it was effective in identifying upcoming safety issues. It had no impact on safety since this would have required people actually doing something with the predictions.

Fun fact: Clippy (office assistant) on windows used Bayesian algorithms, so most people here have already seen this tech in action.

Pretty much a problem with anything/everything here these daays...

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

How do they know 42.8% were not reported if it was never reported? Does StatsSA just pull it out of the ether? Also, why wouldn't you report your car stolen?

Good question ..... so the machine learning and probability would be a real mess

 

[DreamKing]

it proved that machine learning is more effective than human learning in SA.

 

[My_King]

Turn off pattern recognition

 

[Spoed]

When it starts making predictions, it will be declared racist.

 

[ijacobs3]

 

[lkswan747]

 

[Shadowchaser1]

So it will identify which PS will be robbed as well? The they lock & close the doors? That's if there is no Blackout. LOL.

 

[Moto Guzzi]

How machine learning can be used to fight crime in South Africa

In the 2002 movie Minority Report (based on a short story by Philip K Dick), director Steven Spielberg imagined a future in which three psychics can “see” murders before they happen. Twenty years on, in the real world, scientists and law enforcement agencies are using data mining and machine learning to mimic those psychics. [The Conversation]

1-The banks sit on all transactions since long ago, they should know about the inflows.
2-This will will add to another digital cost to the systems, to cater for works that was not done properly, so my bank costs will go up.
3-If you think Cash(A buffer) is a problem in corruption like the saying goes, think again, wipe your head clean and start over.

 

[Willie Trombone]

F**k me. This machine will be very very busy. Wonder if we have processors, MBs and the required RAM for such machine....

It's in the cloud. What we don't have is data.

 

[ConfusedR]

The ANC should be afraid of machine learning.
It will point to cadres being arrested. But like the Zondo Commission Report, the ANC will just ignore it.

 

[PaulMurkin]

Where will the electricity come from to run the machine learning?
"Sorry, hau, eish... try tomorrow... system is offline because of loadshedding"

 

[j4ck455]

Something roughly similar was tried several years ago for road safety. Don't know if it used the same algorithm but it was effective in identifying upcoming safety issues. It had no impact on safety since this would have required people actually doing something with the predictions.

Exactly, the lack of enforcement of road/traffic laws and regulations means that any predictions will never be actioned.

How about the metro police start directing traffic again (especially when traffic lights are not working), instead of keeping KFC in business with all the bribe money they have extorted.

Fun fact: Clippy (office assistant) on windows used Bayesian algorithms, so most people here have already seen this tech in action.

And Clippy was eventually killed off due to how annoying it was.

 

[emperornemesis]

I have a algorithm that would help, it goes along these lines "do criminal background check, if check comes back positive, DO NOT APPOINT"

 

[KikzAzz]

AI is racist.

 

[semaphore]

I think that that is from a movie plot, I am talking about the real thing.

Yeah that was kinda obvious.

 

[semaphore]

Where will the electricity come from to run the machine learning?
"Sorry, hau, eish... try tomorrow... system is offline because of loadshedding"

You are so hilarious are you having fomo? You’re out of the country (apparently) but you still whine like you’re still here.

 

[wingnut771]

Where will the electricity come from to run the machine learning?
"Sorry, hau, eish... try tomorrow... system is offline because of loadshedding"

Does the electricity have to come from south africa?

 

[j4ck455]

AI is racist.

In what way is African Intelligence racist

 

[Petec]

"Such “predictive policing”, as it is called, is based on the fact that many crimes — and criminals — have detectable patterns."

No Schitt.
A mate of mine who was a Detective in SAPS, coded a simple piece of software, that took input from reported cases and spat out trends.
"At 9 pm, if it's raining on Thursday, this area experiences a surge of vehicle break-ins." for example.
The beat Cops started using this, and crime overall was reduced by a significant margin.

But here is the caveat...
This was over 20 years ago, and no whitey was going to tell the shiny New SAPS what to do, goddammit!

Sigh.