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[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Imaging explaining to a jury:

A statistical model says that there is a 99% chance these two finger prints belong to the same person. We don't know how this model works and it was not programmed by a human. We will be taking no further questions.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The jury: sounds like magic to me! Sounds good!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

If we rig the jury to all be Silicon Valley investors and CEOs, you just have to say "AI" and you'll win the case.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Imagine finding a suspect with this method, and not taking their actual finger prints to check if the match is correct.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

They do know how it works: it detected a pattern in the difference between fingers and checks that.

Also this would usually not be needed explained to a jury. If they have the suspect in custody they can just check their fingerprints directly.

[–] Mango 3 points 10 months ago

You could hypothetically show the jury literally ALL of the math!