It’s a positive loop. More effective surveillance network -> Larger investment (from government or government contract) -> more application/startup/new programs

It’s a positive loop. More effective surveillance network -> Larger investment (from government or government contract) -> more application/startup/new programs -> more research funding/aggressive hiring -> higher recognition for CV/ML researchers/Engineers -> More and more people doing CV/ML -> More data, algorithms and applications-> more effective surveillance network. Btw it got deployed at scale in real world which is a huge advantage for progressing any CVML research Not to mention nowadays Deep learning is pretty much a big data game.