Uber applies for patent to spot drunk passengers
Taxi app company Uber has applied for a patent to use artificial intelligence to determine how drunk potential passengers might be.
The app used to summon rides could also feed other information to the driver, including a passenger's location, how accurately they are typing and even the angle they are holding their phone at.
It could help drivers who do not want to pick up inebriated riders.
But critics said it could also be used to identify vulnerable passengers.
According to the application to the US patent office, the system would spot "uncharacteristic user activity".
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by DannyB on Thursday June 14 2018, @11:24PM (1 child)
Bigotry and hate are alive and well also.
We'll probably always have them.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @12:31AM
The little girl screamed in pain and begged the man for mercy. In response, the man stopped violating her and started searching his person for something. He checked his pockets, his wallet, and his jacket, and then shook his head as though to indicate that he could not find whatever he was looking for. After this, he grinned; it was truly terrifying, as was apparent from the girl's expression of horror. Indeed, this man had no mercy to spare. Thus, the agonized screams resumed and continued for hours to come...
On that day, a child's mutilated, violated corpse was tossed into a dumpster as if it were nothing more than trash. And it was trash, since there was nothing left to utilize.