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My sister's comment on the 'smart city' plan for Phoenix made me pause
We were talking about the new city plan that wants sensors on every corner by 2030, and she just said, 'Who gets to decide what data is a problem?' It hit different because she's a nurse, not a tech person, and she sees how data can be wrong. Now I'm thinking we're building a future where a computer decides if your neighborhood looks 'safe' without anyone asking the people who live there. Has anyone else seen a local plan that worries you?
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kai_webb915mo ago
What if the sensors just ignore the problems they aren't programmed to see?
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paige_owens55mo ago
Oh man, that's a scary thought. I read an article about self-driving cars having this exact issue, where they'd miss things outside their training data. It basically means we're building systems with huge blind spots we don't even know about.
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jamie8045mo ago
It's like those phone filters that smooth out your skin so much you can't see a pimple. The system just removes what it doesn't understand. We see it with social media algorithms too, they only show you stuff that fits your past clicks and create a weird bubble.
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