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[–] regdog@lemmy.world 3 points 18 minutes ago

Omnilert later admitted the incident was a “false positive” but claimed the system “functioned as intended,”

A black person gets harassed by police without reason. System is functioning as intended, indeed.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

Are we sure it was just the bag of Doritos that the AI misclassified?

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 13 points 13 hours ago

This is even more embarrassing than when airport security mistook a medal of honor from a ww2 veteran (Joe Foss if I am not mistaken) as a ninja star-like weapon and held him up for a long ass time.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It's crazy how LLM's and AI have arrived, and immediately started depriving us of dignity, autonomy, and financial independence... And nobody is doing shit about it.

The largest reason for this is that Donald Trump and the GOP are in power. They've actually been eroding what little safeguards had been erected.

We are all going to suffer while rich assholes destroy this world. All of us except the very, very top.

[–] Batmorous@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Best thing is to use Open Source AI if people must since those are way better than the proprietary ones

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 28 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

SIR, WE CAUGHT HIM RED HANDED

[–] cjoll4@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Red-handed, or orange-fingered?

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If it was Skittles he'd be dead

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

M&Ms and that's a guaranteed cavity search

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

bring the strangest objects you can find into public spaces.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

Based compliance

[–] CannedYeet@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] pyr0ball@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

That joke was dangerously cheesy.... +1

[–] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

No one ever says "sorry" or apologise for stuff like this. Guess its an admitance of guilt or wrongdoing and means you are liable. This way they can fight the court system... Or rather not since the parents probably can't afford a civil claim.

Fuck this litigious age we live in.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 13 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

This is a Risk we MUST Take to PROTECT our Second Amendment!

-Republicans who Support Trump's ELIMINATION of the Right To Protest, Right To Speech, Two Term Limit, . . .

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

That is what he said

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

They’re also openly looking to create gun registry’s and strip gun rights from certain populations like trans people

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago
[–] KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 19 hours ago

Omnilert later admitted the incident was a “false positive” but claimed the system “functioned as intended,”

“We understand how upsetting this was for the individual that was searched as well as the other students who witnessed the incident,” the principal wrote. “Our counselors will provide direct support to the students who were involved.”

Wonderful non-answer showing zero remorse. Good to know that the students at Kenwood High School in Baltimore should absolutely not go to school, unless they want to be another statistic of armed officers shooting kids. The school is outright declaring they'd do it again like The Punisher throwing a fit in court.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 32 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

AI detection system detects black person.

WONTFIX: Working as intended.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 hours ago

I turned on the person detection on our Nest doorbell at work. Well-lit interior hallway.

It was useful because when the bell rang, it would tell you who was waiting.

White staff, 95%+ accuracy

If your skintone was even light mocha, you were all lumped together under one person. Male, Female, no difference.

We had some Korean people fly in for an event, they were all lumped together with one of our employees.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 32 points 23 hours ago (2 children)
[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 points 13 hours ago

That was just a minor glitch. Also who even liked Kenny anyway?

[–] Onsotumenh@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Now correctly identifies the dropped doritos bag. Drop the weapon!

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 25 points 23 hours ago

This could have been prevented if armed 'protection' drones had been installed at the school. The cops could have just stayed in the donut shop while the drones swarmed the student.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 6 points 17 hours ago

We are taking orders from machines? At whose behest?

[–] CleoCommunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 17 hours ago

The ai was actually a Blue dorito bag

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Cops not thinking and reliant on system to judge is how we get to psycho pass timeline

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[–] mang0@lemmy.zip 3 points 17 hours ago

Made me think of the beginning of the movie Brazil.

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 183 points 1 day ago (14 children)

I should be shocked that eight cops looked at a picture of a black kid holding a bag of doritos in his hand and agreed that it was a gun. why am I not shocked?

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 104 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"The AI gave just us go-ahead, boys. Open fire!"

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[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In 2021, writer and game designer Alex Blechman inadvertently created a meme:

Sci-Fi Author: "In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale."

Tech Company: "At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus!"


AI is a big component of the new and improved Torment Nexus which is coming along nicely.

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

Doritos, This much flavor should be illegal.

You're welcome lays, I'll take $200k for the idea.

[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Could've been killed :( (Since they had guns drawn out)

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 9 points 21 hours ago

They are awefully brave when there is no active shooting

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