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Cybercheck has secured murder convictions. It appears to just run websites through a chatbot (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 29 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Jesus christ. Not surprised to see yet another dowsing wand being sold for cops, but what kind of a court admits this shit as evidence?

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

pretty typical. bloodstain pattern analysis is still accepted by courts despite being fiction. bitemark analysis. to a limited degree parental alienation. etc

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ever looked into the reliability of fingerprint evidence?

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 4 weeks ago

machine learning can surely fix it

[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 7 points 4 weeks ago

Bite mark forensics has entered the chat

Anything that can convince a median intelligence jury, will be used by unscrupulous prosecutors and cops.