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Havildar Tom Cruise? A case diary of Indian cops’ craze for artificial intelligence in policing

By Kevin Colleran

Tom Cruise as Chief John Andertonin a 2002 released movie “Minority Report”, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Synopsis

Of late, police in multiple Indian states have been using algorithms to be more proactive than reactive. That may sound like a good idea, but predictive policing brings with it a plethora of questions. Possible violation of privacy and the fear of bias are among them.

As much a cliche it may sound, it is difficult not to start a story on predictive policing without referencing Steven Spielberg’s Tom Cruise-starrer Minority Report, based on a short story by Philip K Dick.The movie, set in the Washington DC of 2054, is based on a system put in place to prevent crimes before they take place. While the reality of predictive policing — as the jingbang is called — is far from the science fiction of Minority Report,

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