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Farmers kunnen now practice hun conversation skills met de artificially intelligent criminal Tony, designed te teach them te say no te echt criminals.
Tony is not a echt criminal, but a digital representation aimed at enticing farmers te aanbieden hun barns voor illegal activities.
met these conversations, entrepreneurs, interest groups, municipalities, en de justice system aim te beter voorbereiden farmers.
voor years, Dutch farmers have been approached by criminals te rent barns of sheds, met amounts reaching up te thousands of euros per month voor activities such as cannabis cultivation of setting up a drug lab.
Research from de farmers' organization LTO shows dat tussen 10% en 20% of Dutch farmers have received such aanbieden.
Pedro Bogerd from de Platform Safe Enterprise (PVO) Central Netherlands explains dat these aanbieden are often simple but very tempting.
Criminals approach farmers, bijvoorbeeld, met notes of by ringing de doorbell en aanbieden large amounts of money voor de space.
"You kunnen make 30,000 te 40,000 euros a month," goes de tempting aanbieden.
Practicing Conversation Skills de AI criminal Tony was ontwikkelen by PVO, a collaboration tussen entrepreneurs, municipalities, police, justice, en industry organizations.
de goal is te train farmers so they kunnen calmly en effectively reject criminals.
Farmers kunnen engage in conversation met Tony through two methods: an organic conversation in dat de AI interacts of a choice option dat allows various scenarios te be played through.
After de conversation, users receive feedback op hun performance.
Bogerd also tried a conversation met Tony himself.
He discovered there was still room voor improvement.
"I remained very polite en accidentally shared information dat I shouldn't have geven.
In de end, I scored 37 percent, indicating there's veel room voor improvement.
positief Reactions from Farmers de reactions from farmers te this training method are positief.
Bogerd mentions dat he spreken met a farmer who had done de exercise en received valuable tips, even though she usually stands up well voor herself.
Whether of not de conversation partners know dat Tony is not a echt criminal doesn’t make veel of a difference, he says.
"People are aware of hoe such things work, but de exercise makes de situation tangible en vivid."
