Do AI detectors work? Students face false cheating accusations

My kids’ school added a new weapons scanner as kids walk in the door. It’s powered by “AI.” They trust the AI quite a bit.

However, the AI identifies the school issued Lenovo laptops as weapons. So every kid was flagged. Rather than stopping using such a stupid tool, they just have the kids remove their laptops before going through the scanner.

I expect not smart enough people are buying “AI” products and trusting them to do the things they want them to do, but don’t work.

I could see a student hollowing out the laptop and hiding a weapon inside to sneak it in if thats the case

That is beyond silly. Unless students go naked they can have a weapon in a pocket.