If you think that
predictive technology sounds like something out of Minority Report,
it's far less supernatural, but no less scary in its accuracy. A
program called Blue PALMS is being used to solve cold cases, using a
database of every documented crime ever recorded in the state.
Detectives can enter an old crime report and in one minute, get a
list of 20 suspects. Actual crime prevention is a great benefit of
predictive technology, but questions of profiling do arise. They say
past behavior is a great predictor of future behavior, and the data
from these programs seems to be based on reasonable models. But
predictive algorithms can be altered by a single person, and
programming is far less transparent than an officer with an obvious
racial profiling record. Who will hold the programming accountable
and keep it in check? With the growing complexity of and reliance
upon artificial intelligence, are we really comfortable with how it
might influence and direct our law enforcement in the future? This
scenario has already been imagined in a sci-fi TV series called
“Person of Interest.” Like most sci-fi, we should consider it a
warning.
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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