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The First Talking, Artificially Intelligent Surveillance Camera
merbs writes: Two NYU AI researchers have created a surveillance camera that, when hooked up to a crude artificial intelligence, speaks aloud what it 'sees'. "Our idea was to raise awareness regarding the omnipresence of surveillance equipment, and the current state of technological advancement with artificial intelligence," Ross Goodwin said. "We wanted to create an entity with its own sense of social awareness, its own eyes, and an ability to communicate with humans, albeit with some glitchiness that underscores the limitations of the current technology."
Aside from the creepiness of the idea ...
It only seems creepy because you are old. For young kids growing up with Siri and Amazon Echo, it is natural to have devices that talk to you. They don't think it is creepy at all. My son uses Amazon Echo to do his homework. He ask her questions (yes, it is a "her") and she answers correctly more often than not.