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AI cameras being set up on highways to catch drivers who throw trash out of their car windows

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AI cameras are being set up on highways to catch drivers who throw trash out of their car windows

AI cameras being set up on highways to catch drivers who throw trash out of their car windows::The decision to install cameras in UK lay-bys aims to prevent littering but one campaign group described the approach as "meaningless."

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Gee, I'm sure there aren't any national security ulterior motives...
- Too bad “national security” could also mean “got an abortion”
  
  If they can invent a traffic camera that can determine if someone got an abortion, I’d be pretty impressed. Terrified, but impressed.
  
  I don't believe the United Kingdom has an issue with people getting an abortion. Clearly you didn't read the article or the body of OP's post.
- I’m just not convinced that there is one government out there that doesn’t spy on its people one way or another.
  They’ll never ever give up the ability to collect intel on its own people, but we can sure put up a fight and hold them off as best we can.
  Wonder how the founding fathers would feel about this, but kinda expect just to find out they were doing the same thing but with physical people/spies
  
  Who are the UKs founding fathers? King Arthur and his knights?
  
  They were part of the capitalist class. Aside from being extremely confused about the tech, they'd most likely support it.
  
  Did you read the article at all?
  Regardless, this shouldn’t come as a surprise; the UK has been a surveillance state, at a minimum, for decades.
- Cameras can already read plates, it's not that difficult via machine learning
Yo, I hate litter and hate litter bugs even more, but this is the worst way to approach it.
Just put a bounty on litter bugs using dashcam footage. $100. Watch it get fixed overnight.
- I'm all for this. You have no idea how many I catch inadvertently with my dash cam!
  One time, some lady driving in front of me threw a deck of playing cards out the window one by one!
- Snitches get riches
If it wasn't for the inevitable scope creep/tracking/privacy implications I'd be ok with this idea. It's not hard people, just add your recent snack wrapper to the other pile in that rolling garbage scow you're sitting in and scoop it out when you get home.
- My favorites are the ones who let it pile up so much that trash flows out when the door is opened.
  
  Terrifying u guys think this is about garbage...
They sell it like this, "just to catch the littering people, we all hate litter and nobody here would oppose that, right?" but the actual reasons they want these are a lot worse.
It's the same reason you're seeing that "Sweet Caroline" AI commercial constantly with the child's voiceover.
- the actual reasons they want these are a lot worse.
  What is the actual reason?
  
  This is one path that's commonly discussed, https://time.com/6184111/abortion-surveillance-tech-tracking/
  Didn't take a strong imagination to think about how they can profile and take advantage of a tool like this - why do you think they wanted it turned off/destroyed in Batman?
The camera are already there. They use AI as a mechanism to of auto-detecting the act.
The cameras would be able to automatically send the images to enforcers, meaning officers would no longer have to look through hours of CCTV footage, the publication added.
Should fine the people camping out in the fast lane
- Right lane... This is the UK.
  
  Ah updated to fast lane
Good. Now go get my wife who lobs lit ciggies.
After reading headline I expected this to happen in US...
- Sounds like it'll hit poor people the hardest so I guarantee it.
  
  They can choose not to litter?
  I'm all for debilitating fines for littering. I can't walk ONE single street without seeing garbage on the side of it. These people who litter need to be held accountable, and if they get fined so be it. Maybe they'll think twice next time before being a garbage human being
They can't stop piles of flytipping but they can do this. Jokes.
- Fly tipping? I've never heard of that. Doesn't sound as effective as cow tipping. I mean, the fly is just gonna fly. Plus if you tip it, it wouldn't make a nice satisfying thud.
  
  Cow tipping isn't real. No way anyone can push over half a ton of moo. It's a wierd urban myth. (From the guy who ruins jokes)
This is the best summary I could come up with:
AI cameras are being set up on some UK highways to stop drivers from throwing trash out of their car windows.
The AI-powered cameras will be installed in British lay-bys in the coming weeks in an attempt to catch drivers who litter, The Metro reported.
The initiative is being run as part of a trial by National Highways, a body that was set up to maintain and improve major roads.
The cameras would be able to automatically send the images to enforcers, meaning officers would no longer have to look through hours of CCTV footage, the publication added.
The Clean Up Britain campaign group said in February that it would pursue legal action against the National Highways body if the litter situation didn't improve.
John Read, Clean Up Britain's founder, told The Telegraph the latest approach was another "meaningless partnership" that sounded good but "always delivered no results."
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What makes the cameras “AI”? Do they sing “Daisy Bell” if you try to turn them off?

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