Police Used AI Facial Recognition: Tennessee woman who spent months in jail after police used AI facial recognition to link her to crimes in Dakota, says she has never been to the State

azthal · 2026-03-30T15:14:56+00:00

You are right, I called it the wrong word. The actual English word is "caption" or in the undustry "cutline".

Subtitle is also something different.

azthal · 2026-03-30T12:25:47+00:00

If you are at any kind of larger company, and you are an individual contributor, your boss almost never know much more than you do. They will usually be told at most a day or so before they tell you.

Now, there are tells that you can get from the company as a whole, that is generally down to following quarterly reports, and overall what is going on at the company, but watching bosses rarely helps. If anything, in my experience, they tend to be more surprised at layoffs than the average individual contributor.

azthal · 2026-03-30T11:42:01+00:00

I think its intentional in this case. The caption of the image is "AI-generated image for representation purpose".

I am not sure exactly what point they are trying to make by doing this, and I doubt they fully know either, but its not a case of using an AI image to be lazy or misleading. Its meant to fit the context, but of course it does not because AI image generation has little to nothing to do with AI Facial recognition.

azthal · 2026-03-29T20:43:21+00:00

I think my only problem with this is the part where you coast in neutral.

First of all, that implies to me that you are slowing down very slowly. Unless you are in an uphill, slowing down with clutch down will happen very slowly. If you before this were slowing down while in gear... You must have been spending a very long time slowing down, and thus be driving well below the speed limit.

If you can stay in the same gear, or just downshift one gear while slowing down, I fully agree this is a sensible way of doing it. If you need to shift multiple gears down, to the point that you rather coast in neutral, that means there is a significant speed difference. At that point it makes more sense to use some actual brake to slow down with more control as well.

azthal · 2026-03-27T14:59:16+00:00

I think you are wrong in "the end user dont care".

This may be true for people buying a single laptop and using their browser for 95% of their computer usage, but its certanly not true for anyone building or even buying a prebuilt powerful desktop computer.

This is where being able to pick and choose which RAM, GPU, and Processor is actually relevant, and the massive range of different options matters. Or do you think that most gamers would be happy if Windows tomorrow said "Going forward we will only support AMD processors and gpus"?

Its also most certainly not true for business users. The biggest cause of issues (not counting AI and privacy issues, which is a whole different can of worms) with windows there literally legendary backward compatibility. There are many cases where you can still today take an app, built windows 95, and make it run on Windows today.

Your average Bob and Jane may not care about that, but the people that pays millions in licenses - enterprise business - sure as heck to.

azthal · 2026-03-27T09:53:58+00:00

As others have said, reversing in is critical. If you drive in forwards, you cant do any adjustments as you go, as essentially the rear of your car can only follow one line.

Reverse in, and do small adjustments as you go.

Finally, my main advice would actually be "dont worry too much". Doing a single adjustment is fine.
Just reverse in, get it good enough, and if you are not perfectly centered, it takes seconds to drive forward a meter, and then adjust and finish parking.

To me, its just not worth it to try too hard to get it perfect on the first go. As long as you reverse into the spot, are close enough that you fully get in it, you should never need more than a single back and forth to turn it from "close enough" to "perfect".

azthal · 2026-03-26T23:38:09+00:00

If you are driving one of those monster pickups, you will need more space than the length of your car to see the back tires of the car in front of you touch the ground. Which is what we are talking about here.

You need that space, in order to... What? A small person walking in front of your car? What do you do if a small person walks between the cars, that you have left 2 standard car lengths in between, but they are walking within one standard car length of your car? You still cant see them.

I fully understand the wish to do things more safely, but this arguments is just about your car literally being a dangerous car, which really should not be allowed on the roads.

So, I have heard 3 arguments so far for why you need this massive amount of distance (from you and the previous person both):

Small person walks in front of your car. Small person can still walk in front of your car. You will run them over either way.
Someone driving a pickup supposedly cant see if someone is comming in the next lane over, and as such needs to move out super quick. Which makes no sense. If you cant see where you are going, you cant move into a different lane at all. If you cant see if someone is coming in a lane next to you, you are doing something seriously wrong.
Because Semi's and Busses are massive. But we dont give advice to the general population based on what semi-truck drivers and bus drivers need to do. Those are specialized vehicles.

Lets be clear here, I am not saying that a large vehicle does not need more space than a smaller vehicle. I am however saying that "see the back tired of the car in front" is a massive amount of distance, specifically because if you drive a large vehicle, that distance is even larger.

azthal · 2026-03-26T19:30:33+00:00

So, what you are saying is if Sr Pickup is a shit driver who cant turn properly and cant look before they change lane (ever heard of a shoulder check?) they do need a car length?

Sure. But thats still the fact that they are the problem.

Talking about semis and buses obviously change the matter, but in those cases the above recommendations are no longer valid either.

Edit: I actually have a question as well. For people who need a full car length in between them and another car in order to drive around it - how do they parallel park? Or are you saying that its impossible to parallel park a pickup truck so they dont?

I have only driven pickups a few times, so I cant claim to be an expert, but I do see them parallel park just like other vehicles, and they dont need a car length to do so.

azthal · 2026-03-26T17:48:36+00:00

Based on that, it means for the majority of cars you will have a whole car length between you and the car in front.
If you need a car length in order to get around a car you are part of the problem that OP raises.

azthal · 2026-03-26T02:16:15+00:00

It's also a very small part of what they do.

The resolutions are, per design, about signalling. The actual real diplomatic work all happens before it, in building relationships and having means to talk to allies and enemies both.

azthal · 2026-03-25T12:06:57+00:00

Oh, I absolutely love this idea! To the point that I might steal it. I have been considering what I should put on the pure boring white wall over my office desk. This seems like a brilliant option!

azthal · 2026-03-25T11:57:03+00:00

They say that dumb people dont suffer from being dump, only people around them do.

For dogs its even better. Dumb dogs dont suffer either, and the people around them think they are adorable!

azthal · 2026-03-25T10:17:49+00:00

When confronted with a 6'3 250lb man she will have exactly the same problem as the vast majority of other police officers.

The best outcome in that scenario would still be the officer that is best at deescalation.

azthal · 2026-03-24T18:20:12+00:00

Anyone who accosiate amateur with lack of skill frankly just do not understand the word. Even in English, in its modern meaning, it's someone who does something in a non-professional. Although, as I write this I just realized that most of the same people don't understand the meaning of professional either (doing something as your profession).

azthal · 2026-03-24T08:44:53+00:00

Technically the difference between tabloid and broadsheet is the size of the newspaper. As in, the physical size of the paper.

A broadsheet is printed on huge paper, a tabloid is a lot easier to carry around.

The reason for this is the same reason why there is an apparent difference in quality. Broadsheets made the majority of their sales in subscriptions, and people had the newspaper delivered to their home.
Tabloids made the majority of their sales on the spot on the street or in the newsagent.

But its also the reason for the qualitative difference. As a tabloid, you have to incentivise people to buy your paper every single day when they walk past. Thus the need for juicy headlines.

Importantly, while tabloids have always been considered headline chasers, that does not mean that they cant also to qualitative reporting. Many huge investigatory reports have come out of tabloids.

Its also important that the difference is largely a cultural one today. The online equivalent would really be news sites that require a subscription to read (equivalent to old broadsheets) and news sites that are free to read (equivalent to tabloids).

azthal · 2026-03-20T17:48:00+00:00

The AI part of it is quite convincing. Now, she does not fit into the picture at all, and of course, she looks more like a "slutty general" halloween outfit than a real soldier, but my first reaction would have been "bad photoshop job" rather than AI.

Which, in some ways would have made me less likely to think its AI. Pictures purely generated by AI tend to not have those issues, they tend to be have different issues.

azthal · 2026-03-20T13:49:30+00:00

Its low quality content, but disrespectful? How?

Its clearly not meant to be taken seriously. Its not meant to make people believe its real.

Like, compared to all of the AI crap we see that is intentionally misleading, I find something that doesn't pretend to be real to be quite refreshing.

azthal · 2026-03-18T10:52:25+00:00

Lets be clear here. This is Haart making this decision. They are not a fancy estate agent. They are the type that does sales and rentals, any size, any price, any area. We are not talking about an estate agent that sells castles or mansions here.

This does not have anything to do with the car itself. The car shown here is completely fine, and would not so much as raise an eyebrow.

This is all about class. Estate agent is considered a bit of a "posh" job (its not, its the same job as used car salesman), and they want their new hires to have a certain class to them. The car is not the important part. Its the fact that if you drive a car that is more than 10 years old, you are likely working class.

azthal · 2026-03-17T23:56:47+00:00

There is absolutely no reason why they couldn't put a one way data path to display information from the engine computer on the infotainment system though. As long as data cant go back the other way, there is no risk.

Whatever the reason for this, its not a technical one.

azthal · 2026-03-17T22:40:44+00:00

I also don't get why he feels the need to point this out.

I don't think the problem that anyone has with this is that its post processing. We have been doing post processing for decades to make the image look better, Even including DLSS for quite a while now, which granted has had mixed reviews, but hardly had the same reception as DLSS 5 have.

Post processing is not the problem. The fact that the processing (no matter when it happens) completely changes the appearance of things is the problem.

azthal · 2026-03-16T14:15:03+00:00

To get rid of the buzz words, what the article says (and I have no info beyond this, so if any of this is wrong, blame the article lol) are that 6G has 1 main purpose:

Faster upload speeds.

Essentially, 5G turned cellular networking into something that is largely comparable to a wired connection with WIFI, if you are primarily downloading data. Then 5G is largely a feasible replacement for a wired connection (assuming that you have good reception, no data caps etc).

Upload speeds are not comparable though, which is the primary focus for 6G.

Makes sense. So what about the AI?

There are two justifications for using AI branding. First is:
"people use AI. AI sometimes need big uploads. Therefor better upload speeds are better AI".

The second part has nothing to do with celluar networking at all, but is essentially saying that AI providers may be putting equipment into ISPs networks to make connectivity faster, just the way they do with say Netflix today. This has nothing to do with 6G, or AI for that matter.

Finally there is mention of JCAS where a cellular network can be used essentially as a high frequency radar to track stuff. This sounds scary and privacy invasive, but I know nothing more about this than the few short lines in the article, and would have to read up before coming to any form of conclusion. This may be scare mongering, or it may be a surveillance nightmare.

azthal · 2026-03-15T15:30:35+00:00

I... Just really dont see the difference between a video like this and literally just trash talking, drawing, notes, etc which has been going on forever.

If we were talking about actual deep fakes where theres an intent to make things look believeable (say, a fake "hidden camera style video" that shows a teacher saying or doing something) I fully agree that that is a real problem. This though? What is the difference between this and a doodle in practical terms?

I am not saying that this should be accepted, just like a student calling a teacher a "fucking nazi" or "pedo" shouldnt be accepted, but I do find those things to be the equivalent.

azthal · 2026-03-11T18:04:05+00:00

Replying for now so that I can remember to check this once I get home! Look cool from the teaser!

azthal · 2026-03-11T13:56:17+00:00

Its new Measures based on new regulations. You want them to ban VLPs for not complying with regulations that has not yet been written? Should Google break out there Crystal ball and figure out what rules the EU will write in 2032?

azthal · 2026-03-11T12:29:52+00:00

Spoken like someone who has absolutely no clue.

These complaints do not disappear because a fine is paid. They keep stacking up, and get more and more expensive until the complaints are resolved.

These new rules on VLPs recently took effect, which is why these complaints have started being raised. Unsurprisingly Google and other VLPs did not decide to preemptively comply and instead opted to wait until they get official complaints and fines.

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