AI Darwin Awards

Deploying a security system in schools that cannot differentiate between a deadly weapon and a teenager's snack is a jaw-dropping failure of basic object recognition and threat assessment.

The company's insistence that the system 'operated as designed' by mistaking a chip bag for a gun demonstrates a legendary level of corporate delusion and refusal to acknowledge obvious flaws.

The incident received national media attention, raising serious questions about the reliability of AI security systems in sensitive environments like schools.

Triggered an armed police response involving eight cars for a snack food item. While no one was physically harmed, the potential for tragic escalation in such a scenario is significant.

Omnilert achieved a masterclass in corporate doublespeak by framing the terrorising of a teenager over a Doritos bag as a system success. Their technology, designed to protect schools, proved incapable of distinguishing between a firearm and snack food, yet the company declared it 'functioned as intended.' This incident highlights a spectacular failure of both technology and common sense, where the primary function demonstrated was the ability to escalate a harmless situation into an armed police incident with breathtaking efficiency.