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New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a human
www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/louisiana/2026/07/28/is-new-orleans-using-ai-to-answer-911-calls-instead-of-human-dispatchers-impacts-emergencies-crime/91065014007/
Shreveport TimesNew Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls instead of a humanNew Orleans is using AI to answer 911 calls instead of human dispatchers. What does this mean for crime and emergency response?
Replying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
Setting aside the obvious, what’s the worst that can happen?
Replying to @ivanafterall@lemmy.world
The people responding to emergencies will be notified by AI slop with no human filter.
Replying to @timeghost@lemmy.world
I said, “setting aside the obvious!” Besides that issue and a handful of others, it should be fine.
Replying to @ivanafterall@lemmy.world
Aside from the fact that it obviously won’t work worth a shit, I guess nothing?
Replying to @timeghost@lemmy.world
It sounds like that’s a better alternative than what they had before though, no?
Side note: either I’m wildly misunderstanding something in the article, or a BIG majority of commenters here didn’t actually read it. I’d expect some amount of the latter, but it really seems disproportionate here.