Comment on ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
MangoCats@feddit.it 3 days agoOr, they’ll just develop downstream garbage filters and effectively ignore the little flags. Sure, some energy will be wasted, but it won’t be occupying too many analyst brain cells.
Source: I have such a setup at home. My camera goes crazy detecting motion in the dark, CPU usage goes up. Main thing I notice? CPU temp rises from 50C to 55C. That’s it.
GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
These are also on solar/battery and use cell data.
MangoCats@feddit.it 3 days ago
Might give them trouble in pre-dawn hours, might not depending on the design. I doubt the municipalities and government agencies pay much of anything for data usage.
Fun fact, most places the department of transportation pays nothing for the electricity that runs street lights - electric company just gives it to them unmetered - in exchange for good and valuable consideration like right of way usage.