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AI cameras being set up on highways to catch drivers who throw trash out of their car windows (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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AI cameras being set up on highways to catch drivers who throw trash out of their car windows::The decision to install cameras in UK lay-bys aims to prevent littering but one campaign group described the approach as "meaningless."

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They sell it like this, "just to catch the littering people, we all hate litter and nobody here would oppose that, right?" but the actual reasons they want these are a lot worse.

It's the same reason you're seeing that "Sweet Caroline" AI commercial constantly with the child's voiceover.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

the actual reasons they want these are a lot worse.

What is the actual reason?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

This is one path that's commonly discussed, https://time.com/6184111/abortion-surveillance-tech-tracking/

Didn't take a strong imagination to think about how they can profile and take advantage of a tool like this - why do you think they wanted it turned off/destroyed in Batman?