AI Mistakes Bus-Side Ad for Famous CEO, Charges Her With Jaywalking

Re:AI Mistakes Bus-Side Ad for Famous CEO, Charges Her With ... by skywhopper on Sunday November 25, 2018 @03:39PM (#18528881)

You seem to be willfully misunderstanding the point. But I suspect that’s intentional. If you really think this, please do some reading on the subject of how court fees and small-scale civil violations and all the consequences of those things can lead to a vicious cycle of financial destruction for families on the edge of economic self sufficiency.

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Re:AI Mistakes Bus-Side Ad for Famous CEO, Charges Her With ... by burfog on Sunday November 25, 2018 @04:30PM (#18529172)

I'm not misunderstanding it. I'm saying there is no good solution here.

Feel free to propose a punishment that isn't disproportionate to somebody. I don't think such a punishment exists, aside from crazy edge cases like "do not enforce the law".

Go ahead. Try to make a suggestion that won't punish some people more than others.

In case it makes you feel any better about the system of fines, we can say that the disproportionate impact is itself a punishment for the lifestyle choices that lead to being poor. OK, that is awful, but it's some sort of justification.

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Re:AI Mistakes Bus-Side Ad for Famous CEO, Charges Her With ... by retsibsi on Sunday November 25, 2018 @08:37PM (#18530363)

Arguing over fairness may be a dead end. But what about the practical question of incentives? How can a flat fine provide a significant disincentive to the very rich (without being so high that it would completely wipe out the average person)?

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