Guarding Ground Zero: A look at the amazing and terrifying artificial intelligence that will protect the new World Trade Center
Guarding Ground Zero: A look at the amazing and terrifying artificial intelligence that will protect the new World Trade Center
February 16, 2012
Source: Phantom Report
Unfortunately, the rebuilding of the World Trade Center also reestablishes it as Target #1 for would-be terrorist. To combat this gruesome threat, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and other WTC shareholders, are pulling all the stops to build a state-of-the-art surveillance system that aims to prevent a repeat of the September 11 attacks. According to The New York Post, the multi-million-dollar security system will feature a vast array of “military-grade” surveillance technology, include face recognition systems, retina scanners, and fully-automated, highly “intelligent” cameras that use artificial intelligence software to automatically detect any “unusual movements,” and report such irregularities to the NYPD and other authorities.
This last bit caught my eye: Intelligent cameras that learn on their own, and automatically alert the authorities when anything is out of place? That sounds like something out of dystopian science fiction. I had to take a closer look.
Robot rent-a-cop
While the WTC security system will employ technology from a wide array of companies, including Diebold and SightLogix, the bulk of the system is being outfitted by Houston, Texas-based Behavioral Recognitions Systems, or BRS Labs. BRS Labs makes a product called AiSight (“eye sight”), which uses artificial neuro network (ANN) technology, allowing it to “autonomously identify abnormal behavior within the field of view of a surveillance camera in real time,” according to the BRS Labs website. Anytime something unusual happens within view of an AiSight-powered camera system, an alert is sent to the appropriate authorities.
Read more: Digital Trends
OK, so why should the key collaborator of the First WTC collapses (its owner and insurance beneficiary extrordinaire! – Larry Silverstein) have a greater new building with all these perks to keep it secure? Protest now!
Why not find where the pig himself hangs out? (and get righteously mad as hell) So, who knows where he lives &/or is likely to be in his daily activities? (Too bad I’m far from NYC and hate the place, and have no info, so I’m not the one, but I’m sure there are plenty of closer folks with a burning desire about this, who do look for data on this sleezebag.) For that matter, why not find exactly where these new A-I systems are developed and built, and halt it before any more are made anywhere? Why do we need these at all? Do they ever serve us at all? If not, NIX them!