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

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Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments
theguardian.com
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Peter Griffin from Family Guy saying "ah sweet man-made horrors beyond my comprehension"

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

To help them, right?

Right?

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

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