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Mainland China is already trialing that. They have classroom cameras pointed at students, with some sort of primitive ML that classifies their "attentiveness le

Mainland China is already trialing that. They have classroom cameras pointed at students, with some sort of primitive ML that classifies their "attentiveness level" and generates reports. https://futurism.com/smart-eye-china-facial-recognition https://futurism.com/smart-eye-china-facial-recognition - "Here's how it works. Every 30 seconds, three cameras installed in the front of the room scan each student's face to determine their expression: surprised, sad, antipathy, angry, happy, afraid, or neutral." - "The cameras also record each student's actions throughout the class, noting whether they are reading, listening, writing, standing up, raising hands, or leaning on the desk." - "Smart eye then notifies the teacher in real-time if it notices that a student appears distracted. The teacher can also view a report at the end of the class that provides an average of each student's expressions." - [embedded tweet] "What else can surveillance cameras do in classroom other than exam supervision? High school in #Hangzhou uses camera to identify students facial expression for class performance analysis and improvement pic.twitter.com/bXolAE7Ev8 — People's Daily,China (@PDChina) May 16, 2018" https://nitter.net/PDChina/status/996755673093292032 https://nitter.net/PDChina/status/996755673093292032

JamesLeonis 3y ago
The United States already did this as well in 2010, and the spying extended into the home. > Michael and Holly Robbins of Penn Valley, Pa., said they first found out about the alleged spying last November after their son Blake was accused by a Harriton High School official of "improper behavior in his home" and shown a photograph taken by his laptop. > An assistant principal at Harriton later confirmed that the district could remotely activate the webcam in students' laptops. "Michael Robbins thereafter verified, through [Assistant Principal] Ms. Matsko, that the school district in fact has the ability to remotely activate the webcam contained in a student's personal laptop computer issued by the school district at any time it chose and to view and capture whatever images were in front of the webcam, all without the knowledge, permission or authorization of any persons then and there using the laptop computer," the lawsuit stated. [1]: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2521075/pennsylvania-schools-spying-on-students-using-laptop-webcams--claims-lawsuit.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2521075/pennsylvania-s...
throw1984go 3y ago
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c22 3y ago
> "Smart eye then notifies the teacher in real-time if it notices that a student appears distracted. Because nothing helps a distracted student like a distracted teacher.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago
  The only thing more helpful is the student being distracted by worrying about being punished for being distracted.

JamesLeonis 3y ago

The United States already did this as well in 2010, and the spying extended into the home. > Michael and Holly Robbins of Penn Valley, Pa., said they first found out about the alleged spying last November after their son Blake was accused by a Harriton High School official of "improper behavior in his home" and shown a photograph taken by his laptop. > An assistant principal at Harriton later confirmed that the district could remotely activate the webcam in students' laptops. "Michael Robbins thereafter verified, through [Assistant Principal] Ms. Matsko, that the school district in fact has the ability to remotely activate the webcam contained in a student's personal laptop computer issued by the school district at any time it chose and to view and capture whatever images were in front of the webcam, all without the knowledge, permission or authorization of any persons then and there using the laptop computer," the lawsuit stated. [1]: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2521075/pennsylvania-schools-spying-on-students-using-laptop-webcams--claims-lawsuit.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2521075/pennsylvania-s...

throw1984go 3y ago

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c22 3y ago

> "Smart eye then notifies the teacher in real-time if it notices that a student appears distracted. Because nothing helps a distracted student like a distracted teacher.

TeMPOraL 3y ago
The only thing more helpful is the student being distracted by worrying about being punished for being distracted.