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Even if the AI identifies many people, there still have to be humans checking them out. The limited number of humans may have more time to check each suspect ou
by okthenletssee 6y ago
Even if the AI identifies many people, there still have to be humans checking them out. The limited number of humans may have more time to check each suspect out than they would have without the AI, because the AI takes over some of the work.
Humans can be aware of the limitations of "AI". It's very rare that somebody drives into a lake because of GPS failures.
- Pfhreak 6y agoYou and I have different opinions about how humans will interact with complex computer systems. I believe humans will go, "well, the computer says you are so and so, and it's almost always right, so I'm going to need to take you in." I've called customer service call centers and been told, "well the computer says...". If you think that the police would operate any differently, I don't know what to say. Communities like police are poorly trained, minimally invested, and operate without oversight. They are typically overworked and just trying to close as many cases as they can. Heck, even well educated people fall victim to this. We just had a front page story about administrators failure to deploy covid vaccines to frontline medical staff because "the algorithm made a bad choice".
- okthenletssee 6y agoThe call center people use the computer to make excuses. And you overlook the possibility of human error without computer involvement. The classical "a black person mugged me" comes to mind. At the end of the day it is a tool. Law enforcement should be done by professionals anyway. There are a million ways to get it wrong. At least with computers, you can standardize and enforce some good practices.