the policy is to stop school shootings
You should try Europe once. It’s more fun than your 3rd world country.
Not sure what’s worse here: how the police overreacted or that the software immediately contacts law enforcement, without letting teachers (n.b.: they are the professionals here, not the police) go through the positives first.
The idea behind the policy is to stop school shootings. If there were a legitimate threat of violence, you would likely want the police to be notified as soon as possible. The issue here is that the authorities are letting a piece of half-ass code (Read: AI) decide what is a legitimate threat and, worse still, acting on that determination without question.
They have literally sacrificed an essential freedom for some temporary, and probably illusory, security.
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Knowing that Europe literally has a problem with its soccer audiences making monkey noises at black athletes makes this particular bit of condescension all the more ridiculous.
Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Idiots and assholes exist everywhere. At least ours don’t have guns.
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The Asiaphobia that still goes on in the UK is absurd…
I’ll still never get over the British Dub of Takeshi’s Castle referring to contestants as “Happy Clappy Jappy Chappies” and “Kamikaze Cousins”
A shame, I really wanted to watch that version, it has Craig Charles doing the narrating, but… sorry Lister, seems you can’t help but be a smeghead around the Japanese.
Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Is this better, worse, or the same as throwing dildos at female WNBA athletes?
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Reddit moment: comparing a few racist idiots with daily murders.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“Daily murder” is a sneaky rhetorical trick, considering it’s something influenced more by raw population size, than by capita. It’s easy for there to be a “daily murder” in a country of 340,000,000 people, even when the overwhelmingly vast majority of people do not murder.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 day ago
Agreed on the condescension, that was uncalled for. Your whataboutism sucks though.
Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Oh, I’m with you on that. I’m just pointing out the thought behind the policy, however flawed. I’ve been to Europe many years ago. I would love to be there now, except that as an American I would be rightly ostracized.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
What do you mean, “try Europe?”
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 days ago
The police are not effective at dealing with school shootings.
db2@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Authorities be like “aww shoot, not again.”
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The issue here is that the authorities are letting a piece of half-ass code (Read: AI) decide what is a legitimate threat and, worse still, acting on that determination without question.
Yeah, at the very least, the software should be passing on the statement, and context surrounding it, along with its ‘judgment’, to the authorities, putting all the responsibility for making the call that X genuinely merits action on said authorities.
Of course, that’s just one piece of the puzzle, and not a solution if law enforcement isn’t held accountable when they fuck up.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Man, if only there was a good way to stop school shooting
Alas, one can only dream
FEIN@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“no way to stop this” says the only country where this happens
Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Dream? Not in an American school you don’t. You need to stay alert and be ready to “RUN, HIDE, FIGHT” at any moment.
Zephorah@discuss.online 2 days ago
I didn’t realize the schools were using Run, Hide, Fight. That is the same policy for hospital staff in the event of an active shooter. Maddening.
SARGE@startrek.website 2 days ago
Having worked in quite a few fields in the last 15 years or so, it’s the same active shooter training they give everyone. Even in stores that sell guns.
frongt@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Why maddening? The active shooter response shouldn’t be all that different/