From recording to reacting: Neural networks are changing notions of surveillance

There are an estimated 30 million surveillance cameras in the U.S. today. Out of these 30 million cameras, only 5 percent are monitored by a human at any given time. Instead, the majority of them are simply recording footage, providing little value other than evidence long after any kind of crime or accident has occurred.

What this means is that today’s “security” systems are mostly just a vast network of evidence collection devices, constantly recording and dumping data into hard drives, only to be retrieved after something regrettable has…

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From recording to reacting: Neural networks are changing notions of surveillance