A UK judge determined that a witness was being fed answers through his smart glasses during cross-examination.
So now humans are bots, even in real life. This is the timeline we live in. This isn’t some parody, or absurd storyline in a tv show where the guy wakes up at the end and realizes all the stupidity was all a dream.
No. This is reality. This is the world we live in. This is Earth.
Cognitive atrophy will continue.
We are already at such an incredible deficit too
That’s what I’m afraid of. One day someone will hear the phrase “cognitive atrophy”, and think it’s a good thing. Like they’re getting an award, made of brass, shaped like a gear.
They’ll be like “yaaaaaay, I did it!”
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Unscrupulous little have been trying to sneak in ways to get help during testimony for decades. This isn’t anyone new
This is going to become a recurring problem as the glasses get smaller and less distinguishable from regular eyewear.
Ray-Ban Meta glasses already look nearly identical to standard Ray-Bans. Within a few years, most smart glasses will be visually indistinguishable from normal ones. Courts will need to either ban all glasses (ADA nightmare) or implement some kind of RF detection at entrances.
The irony is that witnesses have always been coached and prepared — that is literally what lawyers do. The difference is the real-time aspect. Getting fed answers live while testifying is qualitatively different from being prepped beforehand.
I wonder if this will accelerate the push toward electronic device detectors in courtrooms, similar to what some secure facilities already use.
This sort of thing does make me worry that society as a whole will get paranoid of people that wear glasses out of suspicion that they might be smart glasses that are secretly recording them or such. A court room can probably have something set up to check them, but I mean more just out in the world
That’s a legitimate concern. Regular glasses wearers already deal with enough assumptions. The tech needs clear physical indicators — like a recording LED that can’t be software-disabled. Though I doubt any manufacturer will voluntarily add that.
I have a crappy LED on a cordless screwdriver. Took 2 minutes with a paint pen to cover it up.
We don’t need to relive the pol pot regime. 😞
That’s a big part of why Google Glass didn’t take off. They were dubbed glassholes. Lot of discussion about the etiquette of them that never went anywhere
Idk maybe ban all raybays as pumishment? And jail fuckers who do this type of shit.
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