“A school in Florida was forced into shutdown after an AI-based weapon detection system mistakenly triggered an entire campus lockdown by mistaking a clarinet for a firearm.”
The software was ZeroEyes, and it allows for human review for protection against a false positive. But in this case (like the Maryland chip case) the humans failed to discern that the “gun” wasn’t a gun.
While this may be a failure of AI weapons detection software, it is also a failure of the human reviewers.
Have you ever seen that popular movie where the silent loner student suddenly stands up in the school cafeteria and threatens his classmates with a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos?
“After football practice Monday night, Taki Allen chatted with friends outside Kenwood High School while munching on Cool Ranch Doritos. When he finished his snack he put the bag in his pocket. Minutes later, several police officers pulled up, pointed their guns at him and yelled for him to get on the ground, he said.”
So why did Taki (I’ll get to his name later) receive police attention?
“The false alarm was triggered by Baltimore County Public Schools’ AI-powered gun-detection system, Omnilert.”
Yes, it…um…appears that the AI-powered system thought the Doritos bag was a gun.
“In this case, Omnilert’s monitoring team reviewed an image of “what appeared to be a firearm” on the person at Kenwood Monday night, said Blake Mitchell, a spokesperson for Omnilert.
“”Because the image closely resembled a gun being held, it was verified and forwarded to the Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) safety team within seconds for their assessment and decision-making,” he wrote in an email.”
Although not explicitly stated, it appears that the image was sent for human review…and the human thought it was a gun also.
So how can a Cool Ranch Doritos bag look like a gun? Let’s see the picture.
“Mitchell [noted] that their privacy policy prevents them from sharing the image.”
I don’t know that Oosto or even Evolv could have prevented this determined hospital attack in York, Pennsylvania.
“A man carrying a handgun and zip ties took hostages inside a Pennsylvania hospital on Saturday, fatally shooting a responding police officer and wounding five others before he was killed by police, officials said.
“The gunman entered UPMC Memorial hospital in York, Pennsylvania, on Saturday morning and went directly to the intensive care unit, where he took staff members hostage…”
On Monday, March 4, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) in San Bernardino, California was one of two local medical centers to participate in a mass casualty drill.
The objective of the drill for ARMC was to test the hospital’s ability to respond effectively to a surge of patients resulting from a mass casualty incident. Throughout the exercise, ARMC staff demonstrated their proficiency in triage, patient care, communication and coordination of resources. The drill also provided an opportunity for staff to practice protocols for receiving patients, managing supplies and implementing surge capacity plans.
At least 14 people were dead and another 17 injured in a shooting Wednesday in San Bernardino, California, when gunmen who were heavily armed and “on a mission” opened fire during a function at a center for people with developmental disabilities, police said.
Police believe two alleged shooters — a county employee and a woman with whom he was in a relationship opened fire around 11 a.m. at the Inland Regional Center. They were armed with assault weapons and “prepared to do what they did as if they were on a mission,” San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said….
Five people were taken to the nearby Loma Linda University Medical Center, two of which were critical but stable, two of which were fair and the one who was still being assessed, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Six other people are being treated at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, though their conditions are unknown.
Although it wasn’t mentioned in San Bernardino County’s 2024 description of the drill, I’m sure some participants remembered what happened nine years ago.
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