Further evidence that artificial intelligence is not all that intelligent has been provided by an unfortunate incident in Baltimore, where, thanks to an AI-guided security system, local police nearly arrested a teenager for the crime of…eating Doritos?

According to NBC affiliate WBAL-TV 11 , a teenager who entered his high school’s campus through an automated security system had a crumpled-up bag of chips in his pocket. The system appears to have flagged the bag as a weapon, the outlet writes. The boy in question, Taki Allen, says that, following his football practice, he was sitting outside the school with a group of his friends when a large band of police officers showed up.

“It was like eight cop cars that came pulling up for us. At first, I didn’t know where they were going until t

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