AI surveillance goes to school — from axios.com by Kaveh Waddell

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

A new breed of intelligent video surveillance is being installed in schools around the country — tech that follows people around campus and detects unusual behaviors.

Why it matters: This new phase in campus surveillance responds to high-profile school shootings like the one in Parkland, Florida, last February. School administrators are now reaching for security tech that keeps a constant, increasingly sophisticated eye on halls and classrooms. One drawback: a major blow to student privacy.

Background: Schools are experimenting wildly with technology in order to secure students, deploying facial recognition, license plate readers, microphones for gunshot detection and even patrol robots.

 

From DSC:
Based upon my experiences of attending a variety of public schools, I can’t help but think that this is truly a sad day indeed for the United States of America. This bumbs me out big time. Progress? No…I don’t think so. In fact, this situation is sad (and expensive) on multiple levels, and even dangerous on other levels (i.e., in regards to stalkers/hackers).