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Police in England installed an AI camera system along a major road. It caught almost 300 drivers in its first 3 days.::An AI camera system installed along a major road in England caught 300 offenses in its first 3 days.There were 180 seat belt offenses and 117 mobile phone

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[–] thegreenguy@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why are people saying this is a hypersurveillance dystopian nightmare? Guys, you are still in public! The only difference between this and having police officers sitting there and looking is this is much cheaper and more efficient. The recordings are still being sent to a human being for review.

[–] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem is the whole "give an inch, they take a mile." We don't know what rights this may take away from us in the future. So in the now, always question

[–] PooCrafter93@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I understand this argument. In my mind there is no anonymity when driving, (and in my mind there shouldn't be) and the responsibility you have as a driver have that makes this permissible.

[–] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 6 points 1 year ago

A valid and reasonable point. The problem is that often it spills out of it's original intent. The "think of children" argument springs to mind

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