Police officer has AI write incident report, sparking controversy: 'It was much better than I could have written'

A police officer in the US state of Oklahoma has sparked controversy after stating that an incident report he prepared using artificial intelligence was faster and more fluent than what he could have written himself. 

In Oklahoma, police officer Matt Gilmore uploaded footage recorded while he was searching for a group of suspects with his K-9 dog to an AI-based speech bot developed by the American firm "Axon" and asked it to write the report.

Stating that the AI even included details he had not remembered, such as another officer mentioning the color of the car the suspects fled in, Gilmore said, "It was a much better document than I could have written, and the content was completely accurate." 

Axon's top executive, Rick Smith, described this technology as a "revolution," noting that the product has been received very positively among police officers. Smith defined the speech bot as the company's "most positively received product," emphasizing that thanks to this technology, police officers will be able to dedicate more time to field duties. 

AI WRITES IN 8 SECONDS A REPORT THAT TAKES 45 MINUTES

The AI-based system, which prepares reports that police officers usually write in 30 to 45 minutes in as little as 8 seconds, has also brought many criticisms with it.

Legal expert Andrew Ferguson said they are questioning whether reports generated by AI are reliable due to the possibility of "generating misinformation and failing to take into account sensitivities regarding ethnic background." 

Aurelius Francisco, a community activist from Oklahoma City, also argued that while these documents would make the police's job easier, they would make life more difficult for people from different ethnic backgrounds.

News Source: 12punto