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The problem with technology is it allows abuse on scale. Yes, there can be racist cops. But if you buy in technology that's racist, suddenly every cop is using
by SilverBirch 4y ago
The problem with technology is it allows abuse on scale. Yes, there can be racist cops. But if you buy in technology that's racist, suddenly every cop is using a racist profiling system. In a similar way, yes, eye witnesses can be mistaken, but we know that, it's far more difficult to argue "oh this billion dollar AI machine is mistaken, oh actually they've threatened to sue me no they aren't".
>If it really is unreliable it shouldn't be used as a sole basis to arrest people,
It seems like you do get it.
> I'd expect a civil suit if that really happened.
That's not how the law works in the US. Just spend some time reading up on sovereign immunity. The likelihood of any police officer being punished for wrong-dooring is 0.