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A false positive is better then a false negative. The best would be to kill the gun culture so we don't have to have AI in school, making sure 16 year olds aren't carrying weapons (only nation where we have this stupid problem).
No. The police are well known for using violence against non-violent black people. Imagine what they could do if they believed a black person was armed. I would say that this kid got really lucky.
Besides the racism problem, many false positives will lead to people not taking the system seriously (see: the boy who cried wolf) and even if they take every positive seriously, it would be a huge waste of resources to frequently send a bunch of cops to do nothing (in best case scenario, in worst case it'll result in the death of an innocent person).
False negative worse case scenario is a bunch of dead kids though. Like I said, I'd rather if guns weren't in society but you work with what you have and I'd rather a system that was too sensitive then not sensitive enough.
It's not legal for 16yos to carry guns in school.
Were you going anywhere with this?
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Yeah, I'm kinda surprised by the downvotes. I'd rather no guns but if I had to choose between the system missing one and spotting one incorrectly, I'm pretty sure I lean to the false positive.
I suspect the downvotes are because it sounds like this :
No weirdo, I'm saying I'd rather a few false positives then an actual shooting that could have been stopped but was overlooked.
Don't put words in my mouth.
Wild takeaway, personally I'd rather no guns, no AI but do have a preference for over detection vs guns on school but to each their own!