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Armed police swarm student after AI mistakes bag of Doritos for a weapon

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Re: Armed police swarm student after AI mistakes bag of Doritos for a weapon

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duxup wrote: post #3

>Omnilert later admitted the incident was a “false positive” but claimed the system “functioned as intended,” saying its purpose is to “prioritize safety and awareness through rapid human verification.” It's ok everyone, you're safer now that police are pointing a gun at you, because of a bag of chips ... just to be safe. /s Absolutely ridiculous. We're living "computer said you did it, prove otherwise, at gunpoint".

We got our cyberpunk future, except none of it's cool and everything's extremely stupid.

Re: Armed police swarm student after AI mistakes bag of Doritos for a weapon

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Post by idontwantthis »

If these AI video based gun detectors are not a massive fraud I will eat one.

How on Earth does a person walk with a concealed gun? What does a woman in a skirt with one taped to her thigh walk like? What does a man in a bulky sweatshirt with a pistol on his back walk like? What does a teenager in wide legged cargo jeans with two pistols and a extra magazines walk like?

Re: Armed police swarm student after AI mistakes bag of Doritos for a weapon

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Post by walkabout »

proee wrote: post #7

Walking through TSA scanners, I always get that unnerving feeling I will get pulled aside. 50% of the time they flag my cargo pants because of the zipper pockets - There is nothing in them but the scanner doesn't like them. Now we get the privilege of walking by AI security cameras placed in random locations, hoping they don't flag us. There's a ton of money to be made with this kind of global frisking, so lots of pr…

I already adjust my clothing choices when flying to account for TSA's security theater make-work bullshit. Wonder how long before I'm doing that when preparing to go to other public places.

(I suppose if I attended pro sports games or large concerts, I'd be doing it for those, too)

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Post by mentalgear »

Ah, the coming age of Palantir's all seeing platform; and Peter Thiel becoming the shadow Emperor. Too bad non-deterministic ml systems are prone to errors that risk lives when applied wrongly to crucial parts of society. But in an authoritarian state, those will be hidden away anyway, so there's nothing to see here: move along folks. Yes, surveillance and authoritarianism go hand in hand, ask China. It's important to protest these methods and push lawmakers to act against them; now, before it's too late.

Re: Armed police swarm student after AI mistakes bag of Doritos for a weapon

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Post by duxup »

walkabout wrote: post #11
duxup wrote: post #3

>Omnilert later admitted the incident was a “false positive” but claimed the system “functioned as intended,” saying its purpose is to “prioritize safety and awareness through rapid human verification.” It's ok everyone, you're safer now that police are pointing a gun at you, because of a bag of chips ... just to be safe. /s Absolutely ridiculous. We're living "computer said you did it, prove otherwise, at gunpoint".

We got our cyberpunk future, except none of it's cool and everything's extremely stupid.

They could at least thrown in some good music and cute girls with colored hair to make us feel better :(
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