| NOW BIG BROTHER IS REALLY WATCHING YOU [message #26318] |
Mon, 26 November 2012 10:26 |
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In a government-sponsored research project eerily reminiscent of the 2002 film "Minority Report," the Army's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has partnered with Carnegie-Mellon University to create "an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can watch and predict what a person will likely do in the future."
In "Minority Report," a specialized "PreCrime" unit, part of the Washington, D.C. police department, arrests criminals based on the precognition of three psychics. In the near future, DARPA hopes that rather than using psychics, computers will be able to identify and order individuals detained based on their "anomalous behavior."
Tapping into live surveillance video feeds and using specially programmed software, a new computer system dubbed "Mind's Eye" will filter surveillance footage to support human operators, and automatically alert them whenever suspicious behavior is recognized.
According to the research coming from Carnegie-Mellon, the security camera system can monitor a scene in real time and sound an alarm if the program determines that illicit activity is indicated. The program would be sophisticated enough to determine if, for example, a person was setting down a bag in an airport because he is sitting next to it or that person has left the bag all together.
The researchers noted that humans are extremely skilled at choosing important pieces of information out of a mass of visual data and making decisions based on both the recorded information and acquired background knowledge. The DARPA project strives to mimic human behavior in picking out important pieces of information from a sea of visual data and make predictions on how people will behave based on their actions under uncertain conditions.
Darpa wants to deploy this software initially in airports and bus stations, and if the pilot program is successful, the software could be installed at every red light, street corner, and public place in America. It could also capture feeds from video conferencing systems, video emails, and other forms of streaming media.
Full article: http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/government-goal-omnipresent-big-b rother/
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