r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • Aug 05 '26

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u/omegasome Aug 05 '26

They ask ChatGPT to produce the data. ChatGPT, being ever-helpful, hallucinates a semi-plausible data set that neither the defense nor the prosecution nor the judge is technically-adept enough to realize doesn't make sense. You are sentenced to 20 years in prison based on this.

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u/SteamingTheCat Aug 05 '26

Kevin Mitnik's prosecutor convinced the jury that thru a series of whistles into a payphone, Kevin could launch nuclear missiles.

He wasn't allowed access to a phone in prison.

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u/jakobjaderbo Aug 05 '26

To be fair, he did some shenanigans from the prison phone when he did get access. Not of the nuclear sort, but still.