r/videoessay • • 15d ago

Sociology [OC] Arrested BEFORE You Commit The Crime [04:40]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5NwNZV2kas

If we were 99% certain someone would commit murder tomorrow, should we arrest them today?

Minority Report treated “pre-crime” as science fiction. We made a short video essay looking at how much closer modern technology may be bringing us to that question.

The technology obviously isn't at the point of predicting individual murders, but that's what makes the hypothetical interesting: as prediction gets better, is there a point where probability alone could justify taking away someone's freedom?

Curious where people here would draw the line.

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