Why artificial intelligence lacks human intelligence

[John F Sowa]

In Utah, the Heber City Police Department was testing AI software, "Draft One" by the company Axon, designed to generate police reports from body camera audio and video.  But the AI system misinterpreted background audio that happened to be from the Disney movie The Princess and the Frog.  By mixing the two narratives, it generated a report that a policeman was turned into a frog.

A  bystander asked the obvious question:  "If I kiss the frog, will it turn back into a policeman?"

John

PS:  Why were the police watching a Disney movie while they were supposed to be working?   And why that one?

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Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A Utah police department's use of artificial intelligence led to a police report stating -- falsely -- that an officer had been transformed into a frog.

The Heber City Police Department started using a pair of AI programs, Draft One and Code Four, to automatically generate police reports from body camera footage in December.

A report generated by the Draft One program mistakenly reported that an officer had been turned into a frog.  "The body cam software and the AI report writing software picked up on the movie that was playing in the background, which happened to be 'The Princess and the Frog," Sgt. Rick Keel told FOX 13 News. "That's when we learned the importance of correcting these AI-generated reports."  

Keel said the department will continue using the AI programs, but with more oversight.  "I'm saving myself about 6-8 hours weekly now," Keel said. "I'm not the most tech-savvy person, so it's very user-friendly." 

Draft One was released in 2024 by Axon, the same company that produces the Taser stun gun. The program uses OpenAI's Chat GPT-4 to transcribe body camera footage.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/01/05/Heber-City-Police-Department-AI-program-officer-frog/9641767634540/