Palantir’s software predicts individual violence likelihood for police

Evidence

Another, more prominent surveillance-as-a-service company, Palantir, once touted by Bloomberg Businessweek as “the war on terror’s secret weapon,” was found to be in a secret collaboration with the New Orleans Police Department to test its “predictive policing” technology. Palantir’s software not only identified gang members but also “traced people’s ties to other gang members, outlined criminal histories, analyzed social media, and predicted the likelihood that individuals would commit violence or become a victim.” — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1236

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Predictive policing software can lend false objectivity to existing police bias — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 1161; Individual-level analysis of police encounters obscures institutional causes of disparity — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 394; Surveillance can predict civilian behavior from recurring spatial and social patterns (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Predictive policing software can lend false objectivity to existing police bias #complicates (0.82) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1161
• Individual-level analysis of police encounters obscures institutional causes of disparity #complicates (0.75) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 394
• Surveillance can predict civilian behavior from recurring spatial and social patterns #expands (0.72)
• Machine-based risk predictions can cut crime or jail populations dramatically #qualifies (0.72)