New York City Mayor Eric Adams has a new plan City subway safety:metal detector. But these are not just metal detectors, as these detectors are equipped with artificial intelligence. As for how well they work, it doesn’t look that great.
“This is a Sputnik moment,” Adams said at a news conference Thursday. “When President Kennedy said, ‘We’re going to put a man on the moon,’ everyone responded.”
After multiple speeches about metal detectors from different city officials, a quick demonstration of metal detectors showed that, yes, detectors can determine when a gun is pointed at someone while ignoring metal objects that people walk by at average speeds, Such as mobile phones and other electronic products. pace. However, there is a 3-second delay before the detector beeps and plays a message asking the person to move to the right. Officers will look at iPads at these detectors to scan and check for those who triggered the alarm.
As for how the AI will work, it wasn’t made clear in the demo.Metal detector manufacturer Evolv claims its website AI develops patterns of objects based on their shape and metal content. This allows the detector to quickly determine whether a metal object is a cell phone or a gun. Who knows what would happen if someone had an iPhone-shaped gun?
The new artificial intelligence metal detectors are yet to appear in subway stations. There will be a 90-day waiting period before the new technology is rolled out as the NYPD determines the best strategy for detectors throughout the subway system.
Over the past few years, New York City has conducted numerous tests of new programs it says are designed to make the city safer.These include camera on train carriage, Scanning software to identify who’s skipping subway faresand robot dog. According to the statistics, crime rate droppedYet high-profile crimes flood the media, as we saw this week when women went TikTok talks about getting slapped in the face by random people While in town.