We recently saw a case where some researchers made the H5N1 avian influenza virus more potent. 我们最近观察到一个案例，发现一些研究员将H5N1禽流感病毒变得更强效。 It already has a 70 percent mortality rate if you get it, but it's ha
I study the future of crime and terrorism, and frankly, I'm afraid. I'm afraid by what I see. 我研究的是犯罪和恐怖主义的未来。坦白地说，我感到害怕。我对我在研究中了解到的事情感到害怕。 I sincerely want to believe that technology can bring us the
So how will criminals abuse this? Well, with synthetic biology you can do some pretty neat things. 那么罪犯将如何滥用这项技术呢？利用合成生物学，你能做一些相当优雅的事情。 For example, I predict that we will move away from a plant-based
And all of this matters greatly, because public safety to me is the most important function of government. 所有这些事项都很重要，因为我认为，保证公共安全是政府最重要的职能。 If we're not safe, we can't be educated, we can't be health
Of course, it's not just about stealing things. There are other avenues of technology that criminals can exploit. 当然，不单单是偷取东西。还有很多的科技途径可供罪犯开发。 Many of you will remember this super cute video from the
Now, moneyball, as many of you know, is what the Oakland A's did, 正如大家所知，点球成金，是奥克兰运动家棒球队的方法， where they used smart data and statistics to figure out how to pick players that would help them win games,
We consistently underestimate what criminals and terrorists can do. 我们一直低估了罪犯和恐怖分子能做到的事情。 Technology has made our world increasingly open, and for the most part, that's great, but all of this openness
What judges see if they run the risk assessment tool is this -- it's a dashboard. 如果他们使用了这个风险评估工具，你就会看到这个--一个评分板。 At the top, you see the New Criminal Activity Score, six of course being the highest,
So I went out and built a phenomenal team of data scientists and researchers and statisticians to build a universal risk assessment tool, 所以我组建了一个出色的团队，由数据科学家和研究人员还有统计人员组成，建立一个通用的风险评估工具， so that every
Law enforcement is currently a closed system. It's nation-based, while the threat is international. 执法活动在当下仍属一个封闭的系统。它虽以国家为基础，但威胁是国际性的。 Policing doesn't scale globally. At least, it hasn't, and our cu
The second thing that happened is that I spent the day in the Camden, New Jersey police department. 第二件事是我在卡姆登的新泽西州警察局耗了一天。 Now, at that time, Camden, New Jersey, was the most dangerous city in Americ
Whether or not you realize it, we are at the dawn of a technological arms race, 不论你们是否意识到，我们即将迎来一场科技军备竞赛， an arms race between people who are using technology for good and those who are using it for i
In 2007, I became the attorney general of the state of New Jersey. 2007年，我担任了新泽西州的司法部长。 Before that, I'd been a criminal prosecutor, first in the Manhattan district attorney's office, 在那之前，我曾是一名刑事检察官，
As we move forward, we'll see new technologies also, like the Internet of Things. 随着人类社会向前发展，我们也会见证很多新科技的诞生，比如物联网。 Every day we're connecting more and more of our lives to the Internet, which means th
We all worry about our privacy settings on Facebook, but the fact of the matter is, our openness can be used against us. 我们都为我们在Facebook上的隐私设置感到烦恼，但是问题的实际情况在于，我们的坦率可能会被用来伤害我们自己。 Terrorists are doing t
So I decided to focus on using data and analytics to help make the most critical decision in public safety, 所以我决定将重点集中在使用数据和分析，以在公共安全方面帮助作出最关键的判断， and that decision is the determination of whether, wh
The reason for this is the way we make decisions. 是我们做决定的方式导致的这种结果。 Judges have the best intentions when they make these decisions about risk, but they're making them subjectively. 法官怀着善意做出这些有风险的决定，但，
