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Here Is What Axon’s Bodycam Report Writing AI Looks Like (www.404media.co)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Axon has been inviting police departments to webinars about the new AI-based product, which will automatically generate police reports based on bodycam audio, according to emails obtained by 404 Media.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Let me guess, they used existing footage and reports as training data, and it produced an incredibly racist ai model that routinely ignores police misconduct. They'll spend a couple years working on bandaids for the problem while police departments across the country use the original model to create reports and use the "unbiased ai reports" as an excuse to hide the raw footage.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Click on article, see that I require a "free account", leave site, block 404media.co on my DNS.

[+] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It is possible to respect their efforts, but refuse to sign up for things on principle.

And, if the account is "free", then why did you need to give them an email in the first place? If they aren't getting money from you, then needing a login that would require an email address is sketchy as hell on the surface, and there's no explanation given.

Yeah, blocking the site in its entirety is kinda weird, seems like extra effort for no benefit at all when you can just not use the site. But objecting to what is a pointless "account" unless they're monetizing the information makes plenty of sense. Worker owned is not a guarantee of good behavior. It certainly helps, and it's the superior business model imo, but it isn't inherently going to mean they aren't doing dumb shit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

needing a login that would require an email address is sketchy as hell on the surface, and there's no explanation given.

The link to the explanation is right beside the text saying you need an account.

https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

The short answer is that we are primarily trying to sell you our journalism by putting articles that we think you will care about in your inbox, in the hopes that you will one day read something that convinces you that our work is worth paying for.

Yeah, no need for a long term marketing relationship. It's valid for people to reject being marketed to.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

As long as the footage is still accessible, sounds great to me!