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A US teenager was handcuffed by armed police after an artificial intelligence (AI) system mistakenly said he was carrying a gun - when really he was holding a packet of crisps.

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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago

Cool. So to reduce the potential of school shootings, they set up a video AI surveillance system that can then allow school shootings of a different kind.

USA: the land of reactivity, not proactivity.

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 6 points 4 weeks ago

This whole article is so American it's incredible

[–] Apocalypteroid@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

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[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

This is the sort of nonsense you expect from red states.