Chicago Police Use Algorithm to Predict, Combat Violence
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CPD has come up with a computer algorithm to help track and predict crime.
It may sound like something out of a science fiction novel: a computer algorithm helps determine how likely someone will be shot or shoot someone else. But that’s exactly what is happening at the Chicago Police Department.
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Chicago Police Use Algorithm to Predict, Combat Violence
Clip: 5/31/2016 | 14m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
It may sound like something out of a science fiction novel: a computer algorithm helps determine how likely someone will be shot or shoot someone else. But that’s exactly what is happening at the Chicago Police Department.
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