The Horrific Toll Of AI On The Unknowing Masses

Proof positive of how dangerous AI is creating an unliveable new world for the masses

Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--March 22, 2026

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The same AI, advocated by technocrat billionaires, as an indisputable coming better world, is taking an incredibly horrific toll on average citizens, left hapless as worldwide AI continues coming into its own.

Cameras now everywhere in daily life capture photos of average people on the street, which are then sent to a now gargantuan AI data base without the knowledge of the photographed.

This is the ‘Smile, You’re on Candid Camera’ of old in extreme reverse.

‘Grandma Jailed at Gunpoint! Her Accuser? An AI Photo Match' (Martin Mawyer, March 21, 2026)

“You are at home, watching your grandchildren. It is an ordinary day, quiet, routine, and familiar.

"Then suddenly, a bang on your front door.

"Federal marshals are standing there, guns drawn.

"They tell you that you are wanted for bank fraud in North Dakota.

"But you have never been to North Dakota. Not once. Not ever.

"That is exactly what happened to 50-year-old grandmother Angela Lipps of Elizabethton, Tennessee. And what followed should alarm every American, because this was not just a mistake.

"It was a system that never stopped.

"It kept churning, burning, and charging until all that was left were the ashes of a former life.

The Arrest That Should Never Have Happened

"In the summer of 2025, U.S. Marshals arrested Lipps at gunpoint while she was babysitting four young children.

"She was booked into a Tennessee jail as a fugitive.

"The charges were serious. Multiple counts of identity theft and fraud tied to a string of bank withdrawals in Fargo, North Dakota.

"But Lipps had never even been in the state.

"Not for a visit. Not for a day trip. Not even passing through.

"The “evidence” that placed her there was not a witness, not fingerprints, not DNA.

"It was facial recognition software.

When a “Lead” Becomes a Conclusion

"Police in Fargo had been investigating fraud cases from April and May of that year. Surveillance footage showed a woman using a fake military ID to withdraw tens of thousands of dollars.

"Investigators ran the footage through facial recognition. The system returned a match: Angela Lipps.

"That should have been........

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