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AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in North Dakota fraud case (www.grandforksherald.com)
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[–] 102 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Spoiler, it wasn’t AI but a detective and a failed system abdicating using any thought.

Why did it take 5 months to even interview her? What the fuck it’s happening in US jails.

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  • [–] 64 points 8 months ago

    To steal a comment:

    [W]e're seeing the first instances of what reality looks like with AI in the hands of the average bear. Just like the excuse was "but the computer said it was correct," now we're just shifting to "but the AI said it was correct."

    Don't underestimate how much authority and thinking people will delegate to machines. Not to mention the lengths they'll go to weasel out of taking responsibility for a screw up like this (saw another comment in this thread about the Chief of Police stepping down but it being framed as "retirement").

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  • [–] 33 points 8 months ago

    Yeah the 5 months thing... That's the difference between having a $400/hour lawyer and no lawyer. The first guy could get you out by 6:00 p.m. on bail. If you have no lawyer, your appointment to be assigned lawyer is scheduled for next month.

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  • [–] 25 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    and a failed system abdicating using any thought

    So the whole government at this point. Idiocracy was supposed to be funny fiction not depressing reality.

    Why did it take 5 months to even interview her? What the fuck it’s happening in US jails.

    Money and profits in that order.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    For the umpteenth fucking time, what's going on in the US today is not "Idiocracy!"

    In Idiocracy, the people were stupid, but honest. This is not that. This is malicious, which is worse.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Give us a better correlation then.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I suddenly realize you may have thought I was criticizing you, individually. Just so you know, that's not what I intended: I meant it as a general reaction to seeing that comparison made over and over again, and your instance of it just happened to be the one I attached it to.

    Sorry about that.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    That was what I read it as, no worries. I really can't think of a better correlation like that movie though. The stupid people part is key.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Ah, I see how we differ now. I think the key isn't just that they're stupid, but more importantly that they're incurious, mean-spirited, cowardly, and duped by propaganda. And that the leadership is malicious and corrupt, not merely incompetent. As such, I think just about every other dystopia is a better fit than Idiocracy is. 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Star Wars: Andor -- take your pick!

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Idiocracy is about what happens after the current time when smarter more level headed people are trying to put the pieces back together. We are in the prequel era, things are going to get worse before they get better.

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