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This is what happens when AI is tasked with surveillance.

Although AI involvement is not mentioned in the article, this quote might implicate that AI recognition could have been used:

“It’s got the incorrect date of birth, then it’s got a description of me, which says I have hat hair, which I found quite odd,” he said.

The problem with all that is that the whole process seems to be automated and that it hardly can be interrupted with human intervention.

Jones is also concerned the same thing might happen to somebody else who may not have the capacity to challenge the fine.

This indeed is concerning, as it already is challenging sometimes to deal with authorities, even when AI is not involved at all.

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[–] nicerdicer@feddit.org 43 points 1 week ago (10 children)

The problem is not the mix up, because of the same name or a similar appearence, but rather that the processing done by the authorities with support of AI cannot be intervened by humans. Imagine you can resolve something only after you have been fined or, worst case scenario, booked into jail.

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