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False positives are inherent to the justice system. While unfortunate, they do not cross any lines or send us down any slippery slopes. They are priced in. Thus, "what about google" is a mere "what-about-ism". People are ocassionally falsely accused, charged, and even convicted of crimes. That is not what is under discussion here.


> False positives are inherent to the justice system

This is in no way an excuse for Google calling the police to report child abuse because their algorithm made a bad call, and Google doesn't want to hire human beings who can intervene when their algorithms very frequently screw up.


Google is also bad. We are agreed on that.




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