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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments

www.theguardian.com

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Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments

www.theguardian.com

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San Jose invited tech companies to mount cameras on a vehicle in what appears to be first-of-its-kind experiment
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    Peter Griffin from Family Guy saying "ah sweet man-made horrors beyond my comprehension"

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      Like, I expect humanity to do some messed-up things with technology, but using it to pinpoint human suffering for the exclusive purpose of exacerbating it was beyond what I could anticipate

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        Oh, let me pull you up a chair…

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    To help them, right?

    Right?

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      Wrong.

      Hellfire missile. Instantly.

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        No one expects the R9X Knife Missile!

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        Driving too fast? Hellfire missile

        Too slow? Hellfire missile

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          Staying perfectly still?

          Believe it or not this is loitering, or illegal standing.

          Hellfire missile.

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    This seems like a practical thing to pump resources into. Way better than wasting those resources on silly things like providing people with shelter or food

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    Why don’t you pour resources into preventing homelessness in the first place you twats

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      There’s no money in it. Nothing happens in this country without someone making a profit.

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    How dystopian.

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    Why waste money on housing people when you can evict them and spend it on a five acre dog park?

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    So they can do this https://youtu.be/mk9wTQPjy14?si=WCfn51mQ0XEN5YN7

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