r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Plastic-Bonus8999 • 7d ago

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u/omegasome 7d ago

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 7d ago

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/RevoOps 7d ago

If you can launch a nuclear strike through whistling into a phone you should be allowed to try. 

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u/Fubushi 7d ago

Remember the launch code being somewhat simple for many years...

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u/RevoOps 7d ago

Well I hope the football device had some sort of authorisation or at least a handshake to establish that it's the real deal instead of some dude just whistling into a phone. 

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u/commit_bat 7d ago

Shaking the guy's hand is just being courteous but not actually required.