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- usnews
- cross-posted to:
- usnews
The AI #homelessmanprank has gone viral, causing headaches for law enforcement.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20251012134133/https://www.theverge.com/news/798681/police-stop-pulling-ai-homeless-man-tiktok-prank
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“it could even ‘cause a SWAT response.’”
Well, instead of calling on the pranksters to stop, maybe ask yourself why you’d send in a fucking SWAT team over reports of a homeless dude.
Round Rock Police Patrol Division Commander Andy McKinney told NBC that it could even “cause a SWAT response.”
Yeah, completely normal and well-adjusted response to a homeless person trespassing in a house 😑
Blame the companies that push ai. all their fault. not the parents for calling police, not the kids for using the tools given to them … it’s the corporation’s pushing this ai crap. charge them
Anyone else getting the 502 bad gateway error when clicking the link? Could just be my network setup but I don’t know why any of it would be blocking archive.is.





