A Tennessee grandmother spent more than five months in jail after police used an AI facial recognition tool to link her to crimes committed in North Dakota – a state she says she’d never been to before. Police in Fargo, North Dakota, have acknowledged “a few errors” in the case and pledged changes in their operations but stopped short of issuing a direct apology.
When technologies get used for evil my immediate reaction is to take a hard swing in the other direction.
When someone abuses AI, whether it’s cops doing surveillance or hiring managers using it to screen applications, my thought is “Okay you don’t get to use computers anymore. Back to pen and paper.
Hiring managers, you can receive paper resumes in the mail or in person and sort through them with your hands.
Cops, you can get security footage on a physical tape or disc when you bring a signed paper warrant to the person with the cameras.