In the 2002 Sci-if action film, Minority Report, Tom Cruise’s John Anderton is on the run after being (falsely?) accused of committing a crime in the future.<\/p>\n
The film, excellently shot by Steven Spielberg and based on Philip K. Dick’s novel, tackled the topic of police states and the morality of man.<\/p>\n
Now the CIA is using an AI to\u00a0predict social unrest, extremist activities, and other threats to national security almost a week in advance – stopping crimes before they happen, reports Inverse<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n They are doing this by “combining lots of data, machine learning, and other technologies with old school know-how”.<\/p>\n “Speaking at the Next Tech event on Tuesday, CIA deputy director for digital innovation Andrew Hallman said that the agency is using these techniques<\/a><\/strong> to great effect in the Directorate for Digital Innovation, which was established in 2015 to help the CIA embrace new tech.”<\/p>\n \u201cWe have, in some instances, been able to improve our forecast to the point of being able to anticipate the development of social unrest and societal instability some I think as near as three to five days out,\u201d Hallman said at the event.<\/p>\n We don’t see the technology making its way to South Africa any time soon, but it does show how the lines between reality and science-fiction are becoming increasingly blurred.<\/p>\n 5 secret tips to boost your gaming performance in Windows 10<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This is what everyday South Africans thought of VR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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