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ShotSpotter is really not a great example of AI monitoring for interpersonal violence, if only because detecting gunshots is not that hard. For those who have never been around guns, guns are very loud. Loud enough to damage your hearing instantly. Detecting gunshots is a pretty low hanging fruit in this area, and far less impressive than detecting the chainsaws of illegal loggers in the Amazon, for example.

The point about facial recognition cameras is fair though.



ShotSpotters are good at picking up airplane crashes too.

Some accidents have been located in the Bay Area that way, which is helpful considering that Palo Alto and Redwood City airports have marshy areas.


I vouched for this comment, because a quick Google suggests it’s happened once, at least:

“ShotSpotter system records tragic plane crash” https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2010/02/19/shotspotter-s...




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