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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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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pre-emptive compliance out of fear - then my boy, the war is already lost.

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So you just live a reactionary life? Nothing matters until it affects you personally? Should we get rid of free speech if jason-phillips doesn't have anything to say?

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

#52

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 t…

The article is about omnialert, not palantir, but don’t let the facts get in the way of your soapbox rant.

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

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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 got pulled aside because I absentmindedly showed them my concealed carry permit, not my driver's license. I told them I was a consultant working for their local government and was going back to Austin. No harm no foul.

If the system used any kind of logic whatsoever a CCW permit would not only allow you to bypass airport security but also carry in the airport (Speaking as both a pilot and a permit holder)

Would probably eliminate the need for the TSA security theater so that will probably never happen.

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

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"rapid human verification." at gunpoint. The Torment Nexus has nothing on these AI startups.

Why did they waste time verifying? The police should have eliminated the threat before any harm could be done. Seconds count when you're keeping people safe.

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

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What is happening in the world. There should be some liability for this but nothing will happen.

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The people building these things are good friends with the bullies and scammers now.

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

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What is happening in the world. There should be some liability for this but nothing will happen.

Law enforcement officers, judicial officials, social workers, and similar generally maintain qualified immunity from liability in the course of their work. This case for example in which judges and social workers allegedly failed to properly assess a mother's fitness for child custody despite repeated indicators suggesting otherwise. The child was ultimately placed in the mother's care, and later was killed in an execution style (not due to negligence).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzybp0G1hFE

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

#60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Effective at what? No one is facing any consequences anyway.

Except for the kids who experienced the “rapid human verification” firsthand.

Not a bad point, but a fake apology is worse than none.
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