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Florida Sheriff Grady Judd Decides He's Capable of Running an AI Crime Thingy

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I don't know if Tech Dirt is supposed to be a real news site, but the only thing I feel as though I learned from this article is that the author really hates Grady Judd. I don't know anything about Grady Judd, maybe he's a real PoS. But if the author wants to convince people of that position, I think he'd do a better job if he toned down the outrageously passionate bias.

Grady Judd is a face you might recognize but just not have a name associated with. He does the press releases about crime fighting efforts in Florida. When there's a high profile crime or an operation that has taken place, he's the gentleman with the brown hair doing the talking.

Yea it's just some dude's rant. At least that's how it immediately comes off.

As per usual Tech Dirt, dirt. OP insists on constantly sharing these excessively wordy, over-linked stories that wrap actual sources from somewhere else.

Judd is a YouTube sheriff. There are a few of those now, routinely making videos about their LEO activities and getting some profile. They invariably attract a lot of haters.

Judd's case will end badly: he names names -- local politicians, judges in other states, etc. -- and sooner or later The Powers That Be will find a way to trip him up. My guess is he knows and doesn't care. He's a bit smarter than some in that regard: laundering his YouTube actively through a local Fox affiliate.

It is like condensing a reddit thread into a single article. You get a mix of news and immediate takes on the news.

Is the argument that the office of the sheriff—who is popular enough locally that in the few election years people run against him, he wins by high double-digit margins—would be more prepared to handle tech challenges professionally without dedicated staff time and a collaboration with the local well-regarded technical university?

Yeah, this is really nothing more than a cross-promotional look at us. Just two originations trying to get their names out by mentioning AI.

Actual article: https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2024/06/08/polk-s...

The OP editorializes quite a lot. Perhaps this obscures how terrible this sheriff may be.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_G4S#...

>> Judd seems to think he can wage an AI-on-AI battle and come out the winner, rather than just the subject of multiple civil rights lawsuits.

Oh, there will be a winner. Whatever "AI" consulting company/person has his ear will laugh all the way to the bank. The fact that, when asked, almost every AI consultant out there cannot explain thing one about how the software actually arrives at a decision is beside the point.

> Oh, there will be a winner.

Judd will also be a winner, his voters will only hear that he is using "AI" to fight crime and think he is a genius.

>Sheriffs answer to no one but voters. Consequently, they often answer to no one.

Isn't this article just a criticism of American democracy? Surely a county sheriff isn't worse than a mayor, governor, or president. They're definitely not worse than county commissioners, city council members, or state/federal congressmen.

There are 3k+ sheriffs in the US. It is easy to find a sheriff of every flavor in a group that large.

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