A district official said the system failed to detect the shooter's handgun because of where cameras were in the school.

…because the shooter hid it from the cameras. What a shocker.

  • Sailor Sega SaturnEnglish
    44•6 days ago

    Understatement of the year:

    I mean, these [concerns about teenagers having access to guns] are questions that are beyond the scope of Metro Schools but need to be addressed by the broader community

    That broader community? Why that’s called the federal government.

    • @[email protected]English
      12•5 days ago

      The answers: we can provide our children with thoughts and prayers. Because each bullet these children take is a bullet not used on our precious CEOs.

  • @NastybutlerEnglish
    11•5 days ago

    I was hoping Luigi’s fame would inspire these deranged assholes to leave school kids alone and go after more CEOs. But alas…

    • @[email protected]English
      5•5 days ago

      Tbf it still may, not for “school” shootings but for active shooter/mass shooter incidents done by adults (like nightclubs, vegas, etc) who have more resources. Unless you just happen to know a CEO it takes some doing to get within range, and some teen stealing daddy’s gun and taking his anger out on his peers in a murder/suicide is A) Just different and B) Probably not financially nor physically able to drop off the grid for a few months and travel a few states to shoot a guy on his way to a business meeting.

      Adults unlike kids at least ostensibly have the means and ability, but the crimes are still fundamentally different, really.

  • @[email protected]English
    11•5 days ago

    Once again the sophisticated method for undermining the AI system is exactly the thing you would do if you didn’t know it was there. At best this reduces costs relative to paying a human being to look at cameras. More reasonably I don’t know how to compare the relative error rates but I suspect it isn’t nearly as favorable as the hype men would try to tell us.

  • @GrimyEnglish
    9•5 days ago

    “The location of the shooter and the firearm meant that the weapon was not visible,” said Omnilert CEO Dave Fraser in an email. “This is not a case of the firearm not being recognized by the system.”

    Cameras don’t really work if the perpetrator is around them every day. I guess armed security on premise would help but if it’s only one guy, the shooter will just target him first.

    That being said, I bet the school paid a ridiculous amount for what probably amounts to some fairly basic computer vision.

    I don’t know who is laughing harder, the guys that sold the system or the NRA whenever they can pivot the blame onto AI instead of the gun cult.

  • Granbo's Holy HotrodEnglish
    10•6 days ago

    Cause AI sucks and the answer to school violence and guns is, for sure, NOT AI