At Kenwood High School in Baltimore County, Maryland, a 16-year-old student was handcuffed at gunpoint after an AI-powered security system misidentified a crumpled bag of Doritos as a firearm. The student, Taki Allen, had pocketed the empty chip bag while waiting after football practice. Within minutes, multiple police vehicles arrived, and officers handcuffed him before realizing there was no weapon.

The system, developed by Omnilert, is designed to detect potential firearms through security cameras and alert school officials and law enforcement. But this incident illustrates a simple truth: AI is still not the infallible, hyper-intelligent problem-solver Hollywood loves to portray. The image of Allen holding the chip bag triggered a high-stakes response because the AI interpreted the po

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