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Kash Patel claims AI has stopped school shootings: ‘I’m using it everywhere’
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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I like AI, and encourage its adoption by people. However, I am 100% certain that AI hasn't prevented school shootings. In fact, I will go as far to say that the Trump administration has solely used it to harm people, schoolchildren included. We got bloodied backpacks proving that.
Kash stinks.
The 257 spike is 2021
Such a shame they didnt have enough room to print the full year along the X axis.
This one is even better
Very informative. It seems it's twice as likely to happen after.
properly enshittified for public consumption
350 school shootings in one year??!
Bloody hell that's nearly one shooting every day
Counting holiday it is more.
Thr USA has a huge problem with mass shootings
And every time you point it out there will always be Americans comment that it's not that bad.
Even though the USA far exceeds every other country that isn't currently an active war zone.
And a baseline of two a month for nearly half a century
The scary part here is, there isn't any year with 0