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Man raped in jail after AI technology wrongfully identifies him in robbery

31 pointsby landonxjamesover 1 year ago

5 comments

neilvover 1 year ago
Unless EssilorLuxottica or Macy&#x27;s developed all the &quot;AI&quot;, &quot;facial recognition&quot;, &quot;biometric information&quot;, etc. tech in-house, are there missing company names here?<p>There&#x27;s also this, which I&#x27;m not sure how to interpret:<p>&gt; <i>“So, when EssilorLuxottica and Macy’s compared unclear security footage to (the man’s) mugshots from the 1980s, these companies knew that there was an error rate of almost 90%. Yet these companies told (Houston Police) with absolute certainty that they identified the person who robbed the Sunglass Hut,” the lawsuit said.</i>
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a_bonoboover 1 year ago
How many more cases where data and AI people messed up? This is on us as a professional community of people who build the future. Is this the future we want? We seem to actively work towards it.
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Buttons840over 1 year ago
&gt; “He was followed into the bathroom by three violent criminals. He was beaten, forced on the ground, and brutally gang raped. After this violent attack, one of the criminals held a shank against his neck and told him that if he reported the rape to anyone, he would be murdered,” the lawsuit said.<p>Every square inch of the prison should be covered by cameras. Of all the new powers and fancy equipment law enforcement seeks, this should come first.<p>Yes, put cameras in the bathroom. It&#x27;s stupid that we wring our hands over bathroom privacy in jails while rapes are so common. &quot;You&#x27;ll get raped, but at least you&#x27;ll have privacy&quot;. Stupid.
ChrisArchitectover 1 year ago
[dupe]<p>More discussion last week: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=39118534">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=39118534</a>
deadboltover 1 year ago
And not a single person will face any consequences.
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