Tom Cruz, who worked in the ‘Minority Report’, and (Inset) Steven Spilberg directed it.
The year is 2054. In Washington, there is a police department, ‘Precream’ who catches criminals before catching criminals, thanks to help with three ‘pricoges’. It is the basis of the film minority report based on Philip’s Dick’s novel. Tom Cruise is in it, Steven Spielberg directed it.
Yes! Yes! We said. Such things can only happen in films. It was fun, but “not in our lifetime”, we concluded. Now look back, it is probably that some gadgets – cell phones and fancy cars in the past James Bond films – will initially have seen to the audience.
The minority report was made in 2002, the story of the dick was published in 1956 when the concerns of the Cold War ruled. If two pre -pricons agreed to the future of a person after the dots, it was a majority report. Then the third disagreement opinion became a minority report, but it could be equally valid. Soon the head of ‘prey’ is seen to kill in future; The classic duality between totalitarianism and individual liberty comes out.
And now we are here. The UK is developing a “prediction of murder” program to identify people the possibility of becoming a killer. As MentorResearchers are using algorithms to analyze the information of thousands of people, including crime, as they try to identify the possibility of serious crimes. The plan is called “sharing data to improve risk evaluation”, which lacks the tucking intelligence of the film title, but this is not its biggest drawback.
Some chilling and diastopians about Big Brother are not only watching you, but are reading your thoughts. Sometimes even before you have. What next? Planting thoughts in your mind?
Data of not guilty for any crime will be used as part of the project, if you thought it is about criminals. Forget your boss to wish for ‘good morning’ and if he complains to the police then you can be in the list.
Suddenly you are on the file, your personal data and health markers are available on a key stroke. And you can be at the mercy of officers who are radical or mentally ill. Imagine if you do not say the right things or worship at the right place or make fun of the rich and powerful. Remember, when a few years ago, a stand-up comedian was arrested for a joke that he did not tell? He was accused of “intentions”. Officers can sometimes see the future ‘without pre -pregnancy or database.
The minority report held a philosophical discussion for some time. The idea that all events are determined by previous events, is a shock against independent desire that then leads to the question, how much moral responsibility does a person have for his actions?
The UK’s “Murder Prediction Program” acts as a psychoanalyst in reverse, which is included in the future extended non-existent dots rather than the existing dots that go in the past. This is the dream of dictators around the world.
Published – April 12, 2025 07:32 pm IST
