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I saw a demo of some software that can scan at 24 frame per second all of the workers behind a cafe counter, and classify them by which products they are workin

I saw a demo of some software that can scan at 24 frame per second all of the workers behind a cafe counter, and classify them by which products they are working, their throughput, and special states such as using their phone, talking to a coworker, looking at the window. what's something this thing could do in that same tier of hardware but would make people generally feel happy to see a demo of it? i know there are a thousand use cases that would feel good to hear, just literally spread a tiny drip of cheer with an anecdotal application for this

LocutusOfBorges 2y ago
Hard to imagine a more pressing case for legal protections for workers against continuous workplace surveillance thaan the prospect of its being automated to this degree.
- klondike_klive 2y ago
  Also how do you throw your body onto the cogs and gears in the machine when they are this abstracted?
sorenjan 2y ago
Probably a bird classifier. Aim the camera at a bird feeder, log what kind of birds are in view, save clips sorted by species. Make a graph of how many of each species there are each day over the year. Coral has a smart bird feeder as one of their demo projects for their similar product: https://coral.ai/examples/ https://coral.ai/examples/ A smart lawn mower that navigates without fencing lines. Gesture recognition integrated with Home assistant.
- guyfromfargo 2y ago
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daemonologist 2y ago
Some positive uses from the other day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40535636 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40535636 (Funnily enough the post those comments are on used a Hailo accelerator and Pi cameras, but not actually a Raspberry Pi - it was before this kit was announced.)
georgemcbay 2y ago
> I saw a demo of some software that can scan at 24 frame per second all of the workers behind a cafe counter, and classify them by which products they are working, their throughput, and special states such as using their phone, talking to a coworker, looking at the window. jeez. when the guillotines eventually come out I hope nobody is actually surprised by it.
- phone8675309 2y ago
  We are all camgirls under surveillance capitalism.
binary132 2y ago
somehow "classify employees by their productive behavior" doesn't seem sympatico with "spread a tiny drip of cheer" in my brain. maybe just me.
- entropicdrifter 2y ago
  I think they were asking for a tiny drop of cheer because they saw the dystopian demo. As in, "please tell me there are ways this will do good and not just make life worse"
ein0p 2y ago
It’s not even a good demo. Even if someone is dumb enough to do this, they could do it offline on a recorded video feed.
sschueller 2y ago
Something like this is illegal in Switzerland and most likely many European countries.
poulpy123 2y ago
It's nightmarish
schwartzworld 2y ago
Seems like there would be applications in sports.

LocutusOfBorges 2y ago

Hard to imagine a more pressing case for legal protections for workers against continuous workplace surveillance thaan the prospect of its being automated to this degree.

klondike_klive 2y ago
Also how do you throw your body onto the cogs and gears in the machine when they are this abstracted?

sorenjan 2y ago

Probably a bird classifier. Aim the camera at a bird feeder, log what kind of birds are in view, save clips sorted by species. Make a graph of how many of each species there are each day over the year. Coral has a smart bird feeder as one of their demo projects for their similar product: https://coral.ai/examples/ https://coral.ai/examples/ A smart lawn mower that navigates without fencing lines. Gesture recognition integrated with Home assistant.

guyfromfargo 2y ago
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daemonologist 2y ago

Some positive uses from the other day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40535636 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40535636 (Funnily enough the post those comments are on used a Hailo accelerator and Pi cameras, but not actually a Raspberry Pi - it was before this kit was announced.)

georgemcbay 2y ago

> I saw a demo of some software that can scan at 24 frame per second all of the workers behind a cafe counter, and classify them by which products they are working, their throughput, and special states such as using their phone, talking to a coworker, looking at the window. jeez. when the guillotines eventually come out I hope nobody is actually surprised by it.

phone8675309 2y ago
We are all camgirls under surveillance capitalism.

binary132 2y ago

somehow "classify employees by their productive behavior" doesn't seem sympatico with "spread a tiny drip of cheer" in my brain. maybe just me.

entropicdrifter 2y ago
I think they were asking for a tiny drop of cheer because they saw the dystopian demo. As in, "please tell me there are ways this will do good and not just make life worse"

ein0p 2y ago

It’s not even a good demo. Even if someone is dumb enough to do this, they could do it offline on a recorded video feed.

sschueller 2y ago

Something like this is illegal in Switzerland and most likely many European countries.

poulpy123 2y ago

It's nightmarish

schwartzworld 2y ago

Seems like there would be applications in sports.