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Bus lane camera mistakes woman's sweater for number plate

15 points| molecule | 4 years ago |bbc.co.uk

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jjgreen|4 years ago

"I think it's bizarre and very funny, this poor lady has been changed over into a vehicle rather than a person overnight" she said.

Won't be so funny when (not if) the humans are taken out of the prosecution processing, the "offender" automatically fined or jailed for non-payment.

dusted|4 years ago

Plot twist: They won't cancel the fine since the system has spoken and so they cannot be sure who is right.

LocalH|4 years ago

Pretty sure they already canceled it, because there were actual humans that could be talked to.

Now imagine this scenario in a world where governments look at Google and Facebook's moderation technique. That's where things start getting scary.