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Why cows may be hiding something but AI can spot it
2022-02-01
[BBC] As cow number 2073 makes her way out of the milking shed and passes in front of a nearby camera, the computer identifies her and watches every step.

She is only on screen briefly but here is a slight unevenness to her gait, which she is trying to hide.

A human might not notice that something is wrong but the machine picks it up.

"Really, we want to completely replace any manual watching of animals when the cow sleeps, or she eats," says Terry Canning, co-founder and chief executive of CattleEye.

His firm's technology automatically detects early signs of lameness in cattle. It is confined to milking sheds, for now, but is already being rolled out on dairy farms, mostly in the US and UK. About 20,000 cows are currently under the system's watch.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Not sure which is creepier...the poem, or the people who are like yeah, turn us into herds of animals! beautiful!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-02-01 16:32  

#6  we want to completely replace any manual watching of animals when the cow sleeps

All watched over by machines of loving grace

Bah, hippie nonsense, you say. But isn't this what Iron Dome does? Or Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative?
Posted by: SteveS   2022-02-01 15:03  

#5  Good show, Rob.

The cattle could easily go lame from hoof problems, and possibly just lay down, before the farmer/rancher is suspicious of any problem (especially in larger herds where the cattle aren't physically reviewed every day).

Once a sick/injured cow is down, they many times just don't get back up.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2022-02-01 12:35  

#4  Watch the Hoof GP on YouTube -- cattle aren't trying to hide hoof problems. You just have to be aware to spot them before they're obvious.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-02-01 08:01  

#3  what if a similar AI Technology was applied to Humans walking down the street

Done, @2013

Automated Detection of Firearms and Knives in a
CCTV Image

Threat assessment using visual hierarchy and conceptual firearms ontology
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-01 07:32  

#2  
We know they already use Computer Apps to do personality profiling of persons.
Simply by looking at buying habit, travel, $$$ to debt ratios, # and type of jobs, relationships, and etc

But, what if a similar AI Technology was applied to Humans walking down the street and/or activities while in buildings (shoplifting). I wonder if it could be used to spot persons with criminal intent, or hostile/emotional persons (Karen's and Daren's)?

Posted by: NN2N1   2022-02-01 07:03  

#1  ...Wasn't this a skit on Monty Python?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-02-01 06:13  

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