Lol pretty sure I know exactly what series you’re talking about (beer can?). You’re right - it’s dumb, and the writing isn’t exactly Dickens, but it’s funny. Almost finished with the series myself. Something to read until something better comes along, at least.

I agree, but um…you really should look up the definition of the word “falsies”

You’ve completely missed the point. Nobody is saying that AI is fine and trustworthy.

How do you propose to punish software? How are you going to compel compensation, retribution, or justice from a computer program? It’s not possible. Nor should one even try - because it wasn’t AI that arrested her, it wasn’t AI that left her in jail for months, it wasn’t AI that fucked her over. It was cops that trusted shitty AI.

AI sucks - nobody in this thread is arguing against that. There’s lots of shitty software, though. The problem with AI is that is that those in power are trusting people’s lives with it and people are getting fucked because of it. If you’re focusing on the software, you’re excusing the cops.

Whataboutisms are not a valid defense against the original accusation or claim. Of course one can append a counter-accusation of hypocrisy, but that says nothing about whether the primary subject was justified or not.

Accusations of hypocrisy should be a separate subject. Initiating that claim is not a whataboutism.