Presentations like these make me realize how close we are to developing law enforcement (/police state) technology that will be very effective. I figure when the kinks are smoothed out, that we could run this on a video feed, and have crimes prevented right as they're about to happen. It's almost scary. Imagine 20 years from now, some guy pulls a gun on you, and a video feeds identifies his action, and immediately shoots a tranquilizer straight into his jugular with perfect aim.
Even if this is not working now, it can still be applied later on video shot today. So we are already en route to being judged by such an automated guardian.
I fear greatly for the false positives that will inevitably happen, and the mass oppression of society that could result from the natural instinct to avoid them. When every action even slightly against the norms of society at the time can be acted upon and countered, the chilling effect on freedom could be immense.
You had to live -- did live, from habit that became instinct -- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized. -George Orwell, 1984.
I imagine more preventative solutions to develop earlier which are more effective, e.g., "treat" citizens who are predicted highly likely to be cause a dangerous outcome in the future.
Or in the simple context of computer vision and the camera, raise warnings as individuals on screen act increasingly more suspicious. I imagine future technology will at least have intelligent security cameras that signal alarms based on the current video feed, not just when it's suddenly shut off for example.
> some guy pulls a gun on you, and a video feeds identifies his action, and immediately shoots a tranquilizer straight into his jugular with perfect aim.
Eh, no. Safe preventive action against a gun (or other lethal weapon, really) needs to happen before the weapon is ready for use. What if the assumed offender was wearing protection? Perfect aim wouldn't help. Lethal force might be possible to deploy - but probably not in a safe manner.
