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TechieTwo You don't need AI to know most people's driving is dangerous and their travel patterns suspicion when they show up at drug houses daily. 😉 Reply
Rand0m_Guy Where I live because of Flock, a woman was pulled over, order out of her car at gun point, thrown to the ground, and handcuffed for over an hour on an unwarranted stop generated by Flocks AI. If anyone want to look it up, August 2026 woman named Amber Newell in Wisconsin. Brookfield Police: Defended the stop, stating their officers' actions were "consistent" with the information available to them at the time. They told Newell the mistake wasn't their fault and directed her to blame the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD). Milwaukee Police: Declined on-camera interviews, chalking the terrifying incident up to a simple "data entry mistake" and a "personnel issue". They admitted staff failed to remove an old wanted alert from the system but offered no concrete plan for how they would prevent it from happening again. Flock Safety: Typically maintains that they are merely the infrastructure provider, pointing out that local law enforcement agencies are entirely responsible for the accuracy of the data entered into the network.Cops made an unwarranted, unverified illegal stop. Flock facilitated the false red flag and broadcasted it. They are more than infrastructure, they actively generate alerts and use AI for predictive behavior to faster generate these alerts. Cops (remote) entered incorrect information into system with no checks or balances Cant see how this any of this can go wrong?!?!? (sarcasm) I wish I could post memes, I have this great one with 3 spidermans. Reply
PEnns Rand0m_Guy said: Where I live because of Flock, a woman was pulled over, order out of her car at gun point, thrown to the ground, and handcuffed for over an hour on an unwarranted stop generated by Flocks AI. If anyone want to look it up, August 2026 woman named Amber Newell in Wisconsin. Brookfield Police: Defended the stop, stating their officers' actions were "consistent" with the information available to them at the time. They told Newell the mistake wasn't their fault and directed her to blame the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD). Milwaukee Police: Declined on-camera interviews, chalking the terrifying incident up to a simple "data entry mistake" and a "personnel issue". They admitted staff failed to remove an old wanted alert from the system but offered no concrete plan for how they would prevent it from happening again. Flock Safety: Typically maintains that they are merely the infrastructure provider, pointing out that local law enforcement agencies are entirely responsible for the accuracy of the data entered into the network.Cops made an unwarranted, unverified illegal stop. Flock facilitated the false red flag and broadcasted it. They are more than infrastructure, they actively generate alerts and use AI for predictive behavior to faster generate these alerts. Cops (remote) entered incorrect information into system with no checks or balances Cant see how this any of this can go wrong?!?!? (sarcasm) I wish I could post memes, I have this great one with 3 spidermans. Ah yes, the blame game / finger pointing at each other in a circle circus. They used to blame the computer. now they blame the computer, the personnel and AI! Nobody had EVER expected that mass surveillance would snag innocent people at all. These things happen only on TV…and " Citizens: if you're innocent, you got nothing to fear!!" /s Reply
ravewulf A society needs some sort of law enforcement, but US police forces keep demonstrating over and over again how little they can be trusted and/or reformed. Reply
gg83 PreCrime here we go! AI are the Clairvoyants floating in the pool Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/police-reportedly-pulling-motorists-over-because-ai-algorithms-deem-their-driving-patterns-suspicious-rights-group-report-warns-ai-surveillance-systems-will-sweep-in-more-innocent-people-than-wrongdoers#main
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