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Video Surveillance Tech Detects Abnormal Activity
Repton writes with news of a company, Behavioral Recognition Systems, that has received 16 patents on a new video surveillance application that can convert video images into machine-readable language, and then analyze them for anomalies that suggest suspicious behavior in the camera's field of view. The software can 'recognize' up to 300 objects and establish a baseline of activity. It should go on sale in September. "...the BRS Labs technology will likely create a fair number of false positives, [the CEO] concedes. 'We think a three-to-one ratio of alerts to actual events is what the market will accept,' he says. 'We could be wrong.'"
As long as the cops don't beat too many people too extremely for false positive behavior I can't see where this could be a problem. And Homeland Security is already working on getting some Executive Orders written up that will make it a crime to act in ways that cause false positives, so there should be no false positives in the near future (by definition they will be real positives). Problem solved.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
Computers are already smart enough to talk to us. They just don't have anything interesting to say.
Why don't you try starting a conversation?
Control is an illusion, order our comforting lie. From chaos, through chaos, into chaos we fly
I'd love to see those videos on youtube, then.
Abnormal activity? You mean like a slashdotter outside, in the sun, with a date?
Table-ized A.I.
Machine: Uh oh, Jeremy stoped sticking his finger into his nose. I better call this one in!
...
Operator: Ummm... Why has it shown me Jeremy just sitting there?
Machine: Nope, there he goes again, digging away at his nose, everything back to normal. Better stop transmitting.
Machine: Whoa, he stopping barking for boogers again! Better show the boss!!
Operator: Why does this dumbass machine keep showing me Jeremy just sitting there for goodness sake...
Machine: Boss! Boss! Come on, look! DIFFERENT! ABNORMAL!
Operator: *Hmmm what's for lunch...*
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I'd guess the cameras would most likely be programmed to identify the subject(s) as mentally disturbed, but most likely harmless.
I think you may have hit on this company's real business plan.
Computers are already smart enough to talk to us.
Do computers worry you ?
They just don't have anything interesting to say.
I'm not sure I understand you fully.
Why don't you try starting a conversation?
Do you believe I don't try starting a conversation ?
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It looks like you're trying to start a converstion. Would you like to:
* Talk about sport.
* Talk about politics.
* Tell me how your day went.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I think your foil hat is too tight.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
You forgot the last option:
* Shut up, and get me a beer.
You're trying to start a conversation with a computer.
Cancel or Allow?
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." - Oscar Wilde
Your computer is already confused about whether it's talking to a man or a woman. That's not going to help.
At least you can have a semi-normal conversation with a Windows machine. I started talking to a Mac and all it did was smugly name a bunch of indie bands it likes that I have never heard of, and then chastised all of the bands I like as "being to mainstream".
"But this one goes to 11!"