Artificial Unintelligence - The Frog Officer

About this episode

An AI experiment in Heber City led to a bizarre police report claiming an officer turned into a frog.

In Heber City, Utah, a routine experiment with AI-powered reporting software led to one of the most absurd documents in the history of the department. Designed to transcribe body camera footage into draft reports to save officers hours of paperwork, the AI accidentally tuned into a nearby movie: Disney’s The Princess and the Frog. The result was an official report claiming an officer had physically transformed into a frog while on duty.

Topics covered

• AI
• absurdity
• police reports
• technology
• humor

Keywords

• AI-powered reporting
• body camera footage
• police absurdity
• Heber City
• Disney

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Disney’s The Princess and the Frog

Places: Heber City, Utah

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