Baldur BjarnasonOct 20, 2024

“AI” models are suffused with US values and, occasionally, those are quite shocking to us non-Americans

An Icelandic police force used a generated image to promote a public notice

People were absolutely horrified

Why?

Because the cop in the image had a gun, in a holster, AROUND CHILDREN 😱

The uniform was also not accurate for an Icelandic cop but what people found obscene was the idea that anybody would carry a gun around children, even holstered

https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2024-10-20-logreglan-a-sudurnesjum-aetlar-ad-haetta-ad-nota-gervigreindarmyndir-af-logregluthjonum-425104

Lögreglan á Suðurnesjum ætlar að hætta að nota gervigreindarmyndir af lögregluþjónum - RÚV.is

Lögreglan á Suðurnesjum ætlar að hætta að nota gervigreindarmyndir af lögregluþjónum á Facebook-síðu sinni. Embættið birti gervigreindarmynd af lögregluþjóni, sem virðist vera vopnaður, umkringdum börnum.

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Show threadhallunke23 🇺🇦
@baldur Btw, in Iceland, Police doesn't use guns. Never. They don't need to.
Fun Fact: In Germany, police cars have a compartment in the door where police officers can put their guns in. This lead to a culture shock when this type of car was presented to UK police (which was consindering buying police cars from Germany) because in the UK, police officers generally don't carry guns.
Oct 20, 2024 at 8:03pmWeb
Show threadprojectmoonOct 21, 2024
@hallunke23 @baldur well technically there's is the Special Forces. They have weapons. But they're the only ones with guns. But there's a whole thing going on with the police in Iceland and weaponry. They want to start carrying tasers and stuff. Not sure if that's become allowed yet.