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[-] neptune@dmv.social 43 points 10 months ago

Imaging explaining to a jury:

A statistical model says that there is a 99% chance these two finger prints belong to the same person. We don't know how this model works and it was not programmed by a human. We will be taking no further questions.

[-] zout@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

Imagine finding a suspect with this method, and not taking their actual finger prints to check if the match is correct.

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