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Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments (www.theguardian.com)

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Last July, San Jose issued an open invitation to technology companies to mount cameras on a municipal vehicle that began periodically driving through the city’s district 10 in December, collecting footage of the streets and public spaces. The images are fed into computer vision software and used to train the companies’ algorithms to detect the unwanted objects, according to interviews and documents the Guardian obtained through public records requests.

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[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This kind of software is already illegal in the EU. AI cannot be used for surveillance or to make decisions about people or arrest them.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20230601STO93804/eu-ai-act-first-regulation-on-artificial-intelligence

[-] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 5 months ago

Good for the EU I guess?

I was talking about it in the US, where the article is focused.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, but the EU is setting legal precident here that American legislation should follow.

[-] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 months ago

Oh boy, I have some news for you ...

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 1 points 5 months ago

Defeatism only helps the thugs who benefit from chaos.

[-] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 months ago

I think you may be miscalculating the opinion of the American public. "It's European law" isn't exactly a selling point for a lot of folks.

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