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by mft_ 95 days ago
Quite; AI contributed to a (criminally?) inept and negligent "justice" system ruining an innocent woman's life.

The AI was akin to an unreliable eye-witness in this case, although people's trust in the AI's judgement may have been higher than a human eyewitness?

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Absolutely, this is what is going to happen when the average person gets to use AI- "well, the computer says..."
Ditto the 1982 Lenell Geter case -- he was sent to prison based on a faulty witness ID. https://www.LenellGeter.com/Content/About/ -- https://exonerationregistry.org/cases/4406