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Re:Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI ... by pixl97 on Thursday March 12, 2026 @09:20PM (#47359595)
There are two things occurring here.

Police get raises and recognition for closing cases. In general they don't care if you're guilty or not, that's someone else's problem. Same with the detective, same with the DA. The more cases they close they 'tougher they are on crime'.

The next thing occurring is

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_says_no

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_says_no

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Re:Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI ... by heavyset_go on Thursday March 12, 2026 @10:17PM (#47359945)
Similarly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation_bias
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Re:Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI ... by mapt on Friday March 13, 2026 @10:07AM (#47364665)
If you have a broken system whose injustice is checked only by the limitations of the human elements, and you start replacing those human elements and powerscaling them, you have an unlimited downside.
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