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Speaking of AI and coronavirus detection, some Chinese tech companies (Megvii, Baidu, SenseTime) have apparently built systems to detect fever with thermal imag

Speaking of AI and coronavirus detection, some Chinese tech companies (Megvii, Baidu, SenseTime) have apparently built systems to detect fever with thermal imaging cameras and AI. https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3049215/ai-firms-deploy-fever-detection-systems-beijing-help-fight-coronavirus https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3049215/ai-firms-de... https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51717164 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51717164 Seems like something that could be useful anywhere. Ideally, people would self-regulate (go to the doctor, isolate themselves, etc.), but in practice extra layers of protection seem smart. People may not immediately realize they're sick, they might go out anyway, etc. This seems to, in China's case, tie in with facial recognition they already do (which has privacy implications), but there's no reason the rest of the world would have to approach it that way.

MaxBarraclough 7y ago
It's possible to have the virus without showing significant symptoms, isn't it? Either because you just recently caught it, or because you happen to be lucky enough to have only minimal symptoms. Doesn't that undermine temperature-based detection?
- adrianmonk 7y ago
  Yeah, for sure it can't be 100% effective. I suppose what really matters is out of all the infected (or more precisely, contagious) people, what percentage of them have a fever. If it's 10%, then it's not worth doing. If it's even 50%, then maybe it could make a significant difference. Fever is one of the three main symptoms (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/symptoms.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/symptoms.htm...), so it seems like it has to at least be a significant percentage. But just how high a percentage, I don't know.
justicezyx 7y ago
You can only do that in China. The sheer amount of privacy-infringing data set is impossible in the US.
- adrianmonk 7y ago
  You don't need to write any data to storage. Just analyze stuff and make a loud beeping noise if someone has a fever.
rasz 7y ago
Thermal cameras already give you temperature output, you dont need fancy AI for that. Throw OpenCV tutorial Face Recognition code and you get the same result.

MaxBarraclough 7y ago

It's possible to have the virus without showing significant symptoms, isn't it? Either because you just recently caught it, or because you happen to be lucky enough to have only minimal symptoms. Doesn't that undermine temperature-based detection?

adrianmonk 7y ago
Yeah, for sure it can't be 100% effective. I suppose what really matters is out of all the infected (or more precisely, contagious) people, what percentage of them have a fever. If it's 10%, then it's not worth doing. If it's even 50%, then maybe it could make a significant difference. Fever is one of the three main symptoms (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/symptoms.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/symptoms.htm...), so it seems like it has to at least be a significant percentage. But just how high a percentage, I don't know.

justicezyx 7y ago

You can only do that in China. The sheer amount of privacy-infringing data set is impossible in the US.

adrianmonk 7y ago
You don't need to write any data to storage. Just analyze stuff and make a loud beeping noise if someone has a fever.

rasz 7y ago

Thermal cameras already give you temperature output, you dont need fancy AI for that. Throw OpenCV tutorial Face Recognition code and you get the same result.