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 nothing more than the start of an investigation.

"Instead, it was treated as irrefutable evidence of the criminal.

"A detective compared Lipps’ driver’s license and social media photos to the suspect and concluded she was the same person based on facial features, body type, and hairstyle.

"Those pixels became gospel. Lipps was guilty. And that conclusion led to a warrant. And that warrant brought armed federal agents to her front door.

No One Asked the Simplest Question

"At any point, someone could have stopped and asked a basic question.

"Was she even in North Dakota when the crimes occurred?

"Bank records later showed that while the fraud was happening in Fargo, Lipps was in Tennessee, buying cigarettes and depositing Social Security checks.

"More than 1,200 miles away.

"The truth was not hidden. It was never checked because police believed an AI image couldn’t possibly mis-identify someone.

"After her arrest, Lipps sat in a Tennessee jail for 108 days without bail. Extradited to North Dakota, she spent another two months detained, totaling nearly six months behind bars for a crime she couldn’t possibly have committed.

"She was trapped in a system like a runaway locomotive.

"In North Dakota, her attorney obtained the Tennessee bank records, which quickly proved what should have been obvious from the beginning.

"Being more than a thousand miles away, she could not have committed the crimes.

"The case collapsed into ashes, but those ashes also rained down on Angela Lipps.

Released. And Left Behind.

"On Christmas Eve, Angela Lipps was finally released from a jail in Fargo.

"Unfortunately, she had no money. No coat. No way home. And she was in a city she had never visited before.

"Local defense attorneys helped her with a hotel room and food. A nonprofit eventually helped her return to Tennessee.

"But by then, the damage was done.

"After months in jail, she had lost her home, her car, and even her dog.

"And according to reports, no one from the police department has apologized.

The AI Didn’t Jail Her. But Everything That Followed Did.

"It would be easy to blame this on artificial intelligence.

"But the deeper problem is more unsettling.

"The AI made a suggestion.

"Everything that followed, the identification, the warrant, the arrest, the detention, the extradition, was done by people.

"At no point did the system pause long enough to verify the most basic facts.

"At no point did someone say, “Let’s make sure we have the right person before we take away her freedom.”

"Because if they had, they would have had to ask what it would cost to be wrong. Her home? Her car? Her dog? Her life as she knew it?

This Has Happened Before

"Angela Lipps is not alone. This is at least one of nine documented U.S. cases of wrongful arrests based on facial recognition.

"In 2020, Robert Williams was wrongfully arrested in Detroit after facial recognition software misidentified him in a theft case. The city later paid him $300,000 and changed its policies.

"The pattern is becoming clear.

"Facial recognition is not being treated as a tool. It is being treated as irrefutable evidence.

"What this case reveals is something bigger than a single error.

"We are entering a world where algorithms do not just assist decisions. They begin them.

"And once a system begins moving based on that output, it can be very difficult to stop.

"There are no natural pauses. No built-in skepticism. No moment where the system forces itself to ask, “What if this is wrong?”

"For nearly six months, an innocent woman sat in jail because no one asked that question.

The Question We Should All Be Asking

"Technology will continue to advance. Facial recognition will improve. AI systems will become more powerful.

"That is not the real issue.

"The real question is this:

What safeguards exist between an algorithm’s suggestion and a life-altering decision?

"Because in this case, none worked.

"An algorithm made a suggestion. Authorities took it as fact.

"This isn’t just a tech glitch—it’s a betrayal of the fundamental American principle that no one should lose their liberty without real evidence and a fair chance to prove innocence.

"As of this writing, the Fargo Mayor and Police Department both maintain that Lipps remains a “person of interest,” asserting that charges could technically be refiled.

"She is left with nothing: no home, no car, and not even her beloved dog to provide comfort. She must now attempt to navigate a society that has seen her arrested and jailed for nearly six months, all while remaining tethered to a crime that—logically and geographically—defies the laws of physics and common sense."

AI is not just wrecking the lives of innocent citizens, it is being taught to children in school as part of their education.

'Linda McMahon praises Texas 'Alpha Schools' for giving children 2 HOURS of AI instruction each day' (Post Millennial, March 20, 2026)

"Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said that at a Texas-based "Alpha School," there is AI learning in the first two hours of the day and then children go about the rest of their day in normal classes.

"McMahon said she visited the Alpha School location in Austin, Texas. Alpha Schools, which have locations across the country, are a private K-8 school that utilizes AI to tailor education and instruction. The school states that students complete "core subjects" in just two hours in the morning, leaving the rest of the day "to explore tons of workshops that allow them to pursue their passions and learn real-world skills at school.”

"The Alpha School that I visited, the first two hours of every day, every student is getting AI instruction in different subjects. I mean, it's a real concentrated, focused effort, and what happens is they're not replacing a teacher. There is a teacher there, and the teacher is monitoring what's going on, and she can see if one student is really progressing a little quicker or falling a little behind, and able to go in and give a little extra instruction," McMahon said to Maria Bartiromo on Fox News.

"After that two hours, those students then are in real-life classrooms, they are utilizing what they have learned in the two hours before. And it's pretty amazing to watch. They're socially integrated. They are using very practical aspects to put in place, you know, the math principle that they've learned, or they're reading and comprehending, you know, other programs." the education secretary added.

"It really is progressive. The Alpha Schools are typically charter schools or private schools right now. They're pretty expensive. But with the presidential executive order, we know that AI is here. We need to embrace it," she added.

"She explained that the US education system should "embrace" the use of AI, but with the "proper guardrails in place." She added that AI is "not intended to replace teachers, but to be an additional tool for teachers.”

All of the above is proof positive of how dangerous AI is creating an unliveable new world for the masses.

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