China’s AI Prosecutor is Yet Another Technocratic Dystopian Inevitability Just Over the Horizon.

Chinese scientists claim to have invented a computer that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to charge criminals. The equipment was constructed and tested by the Shanghai Pudong Procuratorate, the country’s largest prosecutor’s office. Credit card fraud, conducting a gambling operation, reckless driving, intentional injury, impeding official responsibilities, theft, fraud, and provoking a dispute are the eight most common crimes in Shanghai, according to the machine. According to the researchers, the so-called AI prosecutor can file a charge with 97 percent accuracy based on a written description of a case. Professor Shi Yong, the project’s principal scientist, said AI technology may help prosecutors focus on more demanding tasks by reducing their daily duties. Shi is also the director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ big data and knowledge management laboratory, the regime’s top state-run research institute. “The system can replace prosecutors in…

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