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Cybercheck has secured murder convictions. It appears to just run websites through a chatbot (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Jesus christ. Not surprised to see yet another dowsing wand being sold for cops, but what kind of a court admits this shit as evidence?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

pretty typical. bloodstain pattern analysis is still accepted by courts despite being fiction. bitemark analysis. to a limited degree parental alienation. etc

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ever looked into the reliability of fingerprint evidence?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

machine learning can surely fix it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Bite mark forensics has entered the chat

Anything that can convince a median intelligence jury, will be used by unscrupulous prosecutors and cops.