This situation could have ended up far worse than it did.
An artificial intelligence system at a high school in Baltimore mistook a bag of Doritos as a gun.
On Monday, Taki Allen was waiting for his ride outside of Kenwood when all the sudden police officers wth their weapons drawn demanded Allen to get on the ground.
Allen completely confused by the situation heeded the officers commands and was searched by the officers only to find no weapon on him rather only a bag of Doritos.
The teen told WBRC, “They said that an AI detector or something detected that I had a gun. He showed me a picture. I was just holding a Doritos bag like this.”
In a letter to parents the principal of Kenwood Highschool wrote, “At approximately 7 p.m., school administration received an alert that an individual on school grounds may have been in possession of a weapon. The Department of School Safety and Security quickly reviewed and canceled the initial alert after confirming there was no weapon.”
Hellbound and Down 