Police have launched AI bots to spot illegal pornography, but the algorithm mistakes desert photography for porn.

London Police are using the image recognition software, capable of identifying drugs and guns, to recognize adult content to keep officers from having to search through gigabytes of porn themselves.

“For some reason, lots of people have screen-savers of deserts and it picks it up thinking it is skin color,” said lead forensics expert Mark Stokes.

As of now, it cannot discern the difference between a desert landscape and a naked body, and it’s likely the peach color and curvatures of sand are to blame.

While a seemingly benign mistake, the over-reliance on AI underscores concerns of an inevitable Orwellian state fueled by absolute black-and-white, “Judge Dredd”-style enforcement.