Walmarts and other big box retailers may need to initiate unobtrusive AI surveillance of people walking into stores. An "AI" program would use various parameters to measure the likelihood that a person is carrying a high-firepower weapon. Persons who are identified as appearing to have, say, a 5% probability or more for mass violence would be intercepted and asked to open anything that might conceal such a firearm.
Such technology could also be used at transit hubs, entertainment venues, schools and other places that draw crowds. Certainly those responsible for safety could work with "AI" savvy firms to implement such measures.
Although I lament the need to advocate yet more surveillance, this technology can be made benign and limited only to detecting terrorists, deranged shooters and possibly drug smugglers. In the case of retailers, anyone who is asked to open what they have but who objects could simply be asked to leave, though the person's license plate, if any, should be recorded for a limited period, say six months.
I daresay most people would feel OK with such relatively mild intrusion, and it is very much better than yielding to the hysteria over the right to own gums. Even so, we would need to watch to make sure those deploying such systems don't widen their scope for marketing and political reasons.
Read a very good commentary on the natural right to bear arms by Andrew Napolitano, a Fox News commentator and former New Jersey judge at http://foxnews.com .
Such technology could also be used at transit hubs, entertainment venues, schools and other places that draw crowds. Certainly those responsible for safety could work with "AI" savvy firms to implement such measures.
Although I lament the need to advocate yet more surveillance, this technology can be made benign and limited only to detecting terrorists, deranged shooters and possibly drug smugglers. In the case of retailers, anyone who is asked to open what they have but who objects could simply be asked to leave, though the person's license plate, if any, should be recorded for a limited period, say six months.
I daresay most people would feel OK with such relatively mild intrusion, and it is very much better than yielding to the hysteria over the right to own gums. Even so, we would need to watch to make sure those deploying such systems don't widen their scope for marketing and political reasons.
Read a very good commentary on the natural right to bear arms by Andrew Napolitano, a Fox News commentator and former New Jersey judge at http://foxnews.com .
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