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Innocent People Are Being Accused of Shoplifting by Faulty AI-Facial Recognition Systems at an Alarming Rate: "It's the stuff of Kafkaesque nightmares." (futurism.com)
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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

and nobody will know what “Kafkaesque” even means.

Most people already have no idea what it means.

How many people have actually read Kafka? How many of them have read more than one?

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

You don't need to have read Kafka to know about Kafka.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 2 points 2 days ago

It's a fair point. I have, but that also means I'm at least smart enough to know I'm in the minority.