In 2023 and 2024, Flock sent 1,427 alerts to the Roseville [CA] Police Department.
Roseville police found that Flock misread license plates in 71% of those alerts.
Max Isaacs, director of technology law and policy with the Policing Project at New York University’s School of Law, described Roseville’s misread data as “stunning.”
“A 71% misread rate is really beyond the pale,” he told Business Insider, referring to Roseville’s reported error rate for stolen and felony vehicle alerts. He added that “in the absence of concrete rules that directly address the problem of misreads, this technology is not safe to be deployed in communities.”
I hope this results in their evidence being inadmissible to judges/juries.
If you’re ever on a jury remember this
How can they suck that bad? A 29€ raspberry pi with a basic ML model can get 90% accurate results
That’s probably exactly what they did, deployed a sbc + some off the shelf model and increased the price 300x by making a black plastic shell.
The trick isn’t the actual tech, it’s the connections and sales pitch.
You’re assuming that all people in the pipeline are competent
I live in a relatively small mountain town near that City and the wonderful citizens of my town have taken a liking to absolutely fucking destroying those things to the point where we’re having a city hall thing on the 10th so that everybody can air their complaints.
huh. i wonder if they don’t have them around my town because the test one they put on the bike route i take to the next town acquired so many holes without my help i felt i didn’t need to add.
Doing God’s work!
this technology is not safe to be deployed in communities
The main point for AI
I’m pretty sure I could do better stoned. I mean, I’m typing with a much higher accuracy than 71%, and I’m stoned right now.
