> what happens when AI is wrong but used as proof of something? False positives everywhere. There was an article on HN a few weeks back about cops picking up t

> what happens when AI is wrong but used as proof of something? False positives everywhere. There was an article on HN a few weeks back about cops picking up the wrong guy, flagged by facerec. Even though the system's printout had a huge warning, "This document is not a positive identification", the detective still had the density to say, "So I guess the computer got it wrong, too." https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882683463/the-computer-got-it-wrong-how-facial-recognition-led-to-a-false-arrest-in-michig https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882683463/the-computer-got-it...