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Armed police swarm student after AI mistakes bag of Doritos for a weapon (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 22 hours ago by MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] dan@upvote.au 64 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

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.”

What?? How is it prioritizing safety if it did exactly the opposite and created an unsafe environment (a bunch of US cops with guns pointed at teens)?

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 41 points 21 hours ago

Black kids aren't supposed to feel safe. Safety is for everyone else.

[–] barooboodoo@lemmy.zip 16 points 18 hours ago

That was the quote I was about to paste, like what the actual fuck? Traumatizing innocent teens is functioning as intended eh? Wonder how many of our tax dollars is going towards this? Actually I probably don't want to know...