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John Bryant, aka The Civil Rights Lawyer, recently did a piece about a similar case of mistaken identity. The consequences weren't as severe, but the willingne
by jawns 7mo ago
John Bryant, aka The Civil Rights Lawyer, recently did a piece about a similar case of mistaken identity. The consequences weren't as severe, but the willingness to trust the AI over any other evidence was the same:
https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2026/03/11/ai-software-tells-cops-to-arrest-the-wrong-guy/ https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2026/03/11/ai-software-tell...
In the video, it shows a police officer blindly trusting a casino's AI software, even when a cursory investigation should have given any reasonable person enough of a reason to question whether the man he arrested was the same man accused of a crime. (And then even after it was confirmed he was not, the prosecutor continued to charge him for trespassing!)
- gosub100 7mo agoposting the video directly for those who prefer that format https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPUBXN2Fd_E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPUBXN2Fd_E as an aside how small the world is: I know-a-guy who knows-that-guy.