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hexbin010 ◴[] No.45781498[source]
> “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien,”

This is "computer says no (not a citizen)". Which is horrifying

They've just created an app to justify what they were already doing right? And the argument will be "well it's a super complex app run by a very clever company so it can't be wrong"?

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rgsahTR ◴[] No.45781662[source]
> They've just created an app to justify what they were already doing right?

This was also one of the more advanced theories about the people selection and targeting AI apps used in Gaza. I've only heard one journalist spell it out, because many journalists believe that AI works.

But the dissenter said that they know it does not work and just use it to blame the AI for mistakes.

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bko ◴[] No.45782878[source]
It's better that the alternative which is humans. Unless you think enforcing laws or ever having the need to establish identity should never take place
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1. watwut ◴[] No.45782959[source]
It is not better if it ends up harrasing and harning more people and is unaccountable.

You can eventually punish humans abusing power. Cant do that wuth software designed to be abusive.