Comment by catlikesshrimp
18 days ago
With all other proof you mentioned, there was always a human putting his signature.
Now that they can blame "AI" no specific officer(s) will take the blame, ever. If no one is responsible there will be many more false positives.
And false positives destroy lives
> With all other proof you mentioned, there was always a human putting his signature.
There was a human doing that in this case; AI doesn’t inititiate charges. “In his charging document, the detective wrote that Lipps appeared to be the suspect based on facial features, body type and hairstyle and color.”
The article could have - but didn't - mention this specific Fargo police detective's name.
The article not mentioning the name does not change that the detective did sign the police charging documents.
(Nor does the omission in the article of other names and procedural details change the fact that for there to be actual criminal charges, an arrest warrant, extradition, and incarceration, a number of other people had to sign their names to official acts, including, among others, at least one public prosecutor, and more than one judge.)