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> acting bizarre and dangerous The problem with surveillance like this becomes "who gets to decide what is bizarre and dangerous?"

mc32 5mo ago
They could at least address that the man and woman on the street would easily identify as people who need to be put in a paddy wagon. Leave the unsure cases alone. Get the obvious ones.
bonoboTP 5mo ago
Elected lawmakers and courts.
- lux-lux-lux 5mo ago
  It’s actually the arbitrary whims of police officers
- matheusmoreira 5mo ago
  The ones bought and paid for by billion dollar corporations and industries?
  - brailsafe 5mo ago
    The entire city of Seattle seems to have been bought and paid for by basically 2 - 4 companies. Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, ...Starbucks in year's past maybe?
    - smithkl42 5mo ago
      If that was the case, it seems like those companies would have forced the city to clean up 10th and Jackson.
      - thewebguyd 5mo ago
        Why would they? None of the major tech companies have offices in the international district, it doesn't directly impact them. They are however at least partially responsible for the rapid gentrification and cost of living crisis in Seattle and have displaced and priced out local residents causing and continuing to worsen the problem.
smithkl42 5mo ago
Until we have robot police officers, there will always be a human in the loop. But right now, there's a whole category of "drunk and disorderly" / "breach of the peace" kinds of laws that are ~100% up to the discretion of a police officer to enforce. I won't say you CAN'T have it any other way, because I can imagine alternatives like "don't have those laws", but I will say that you don't WANT to have it any other way.
- sylos 5mo ago
  there was a recent case of a lady who spent at least a month in jail because an ai said it was her. She had physical evidence indicating she wasn't and hadn't been to the state at all during the crime. There was a human in that loop too and she still sat in jail and had her life ruined.

mc32 5mo ago

They could at least address that the man and woman on the street would easily identify as people who need to be put in a paddy wagon. Leave the unsure cases alone. Get the obvious ones.

bonoboTP 5mo ago

Elected lawmakers and courts.

lux-lux-lux 5mo ago
It’s actually the arbitrary whims of police officers
matheusmoreira 5mo ago
The ones bought and paid for by billion dollar corporations and industries?
- brailsafe 5mo ago
  The entire city of Seattle seems to have been bought and paid for by basically 2 - 4 companies. Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, ...Starbucks in year's past maybe?
  - smithkl42 5mo ago
    If that was the case, it seems like those companies would have forced the city to clean up 10th and Jackson.
    - thewebguyd 5mo ago
      Why would they? None of the major tech companies have offices in the international district, it doesn't directly impact them. They are however at least partially responsible for the rapid gentrification and cost of living crisis in Seattle and have displaced and priced out local residents causing and continuing to worsen the problem.

smithkl42 5mo ago

Until we have robot police officers, there will always be a human in the loop. But right now, there's a whole category of "drunk and disorderly" / "breach of the peace" kinds of laws that are ~100% up to the discretion of a police officer to enforce. I won't say you CAN'T have it any other way, because I can imagine alternatives like "don't have those laws", but I will say that you don't WANT to have it any other way.

sylos 5mo ago
there was a recent case of a lady who spent at least a month in jail because an ai said it was her. She had physical evidence indicating she wasn't and hadn't been to the state at all during the crime. There was a human in that loop too and she still sat in jail and had her life ruined.