Re: environmental surveillance (call me paranoid)

 To complement this thread with another bit of interesting tech, in
addition to aerial photography, there is underwater
surveillance/photography within  everyone's reach). This may become
relevant to AI KR and can help us plot another element in future scenarios
that need to be figured out

underwater mini robots. lots of models to choose from
Tiny, Underwater Robots Offer Unprecedented View of World's Oceans(ooops)
https://www.livescience.com/57608-underwater-robot-swarm-studies-ocean-in-3d.html

some lovely creatures swimming by may be there solely to watch you or
simply incidentally catch a glimpse and a snapshot  while doing routines

nobody will ever know, other than the immoral folks deploying them for
whatever purpose

nobody can guarantee privacy or prevent these technologies from being
developed and use
and some of them are technically very nice

the implication for AIKR for the moment is to keep the swimsuit on at all
times and enjoy the wildlife without thinking too much and hoping that
someone among all possible multiple agencies will be protecting your
privacy. fingers crossed
//call me paranoid ends

On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 3:02 AM Paola Di Maio <paoladimaio10@gmail.com>
wrote:

> CORRECTION
> DYI Kits already available
> https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=bird+drone+kit
> may only need some personalization/tweaking
>
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 1:56 AM Paola Di Maio <paoladimaio10@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> These things have been technically feasible for a long time
>> The movies often capture and project future scenarios,
>> do you think Julius Verne
>> https://www.britannica.com/story/did-jules-verne-invent-the-submarine
>> knew that someone was designing submarines?
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_submarines
>>
>> Now this Technology is becoming rather popular because it is useful and
>> very fun (if not used maliciously) and can be made easily, inexpensively
>>
>> Developed in labs where they do not exactly say what they do (very
>> common) and deployed without anyone knowing.  There is no legislation to
>> say it cannot be done and deployed
>> afaik
>> especially if the intent is not malicious (survey the crop etc)
>>
>> I expect a DYI kit to be available online at some point (make your own
>> fly/bird  drone)
>>
>> With my engineer hat on, I think these are beautiful and open to
>> creativity
>> (imagine feathers like this, flying style like this etc).
>>  As a paranoid citizen, I can only  keep my swimsuit tight on and wonder
>> where is the world heading
>>
>> Philosophically, this brings the question of biological and natural
>> reality becoming mixed with artificial reality.
>>
>> Psychologically, every time I see a bird perkin on my window sill I feel
>> alerted to the possibility
>> and wonder whether I should  seek counselling
>>
>>  I just wanted to make a note of the eventuality
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 3:37 PM ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <
>> metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Technically, such surveillance technologies would fall under video
>>> surveillance, but I have no clue if current EU legislation covers such
>>> technologies. I have some scientific literature on drones for use in
>>> protected areas, but do not recall bird and insect like drones mentioned
>>> specifically.
>>>
>>> The movie Eye in the Sky (2015) shows use of a sophisticated drone
>>> disguised as a fly for audio and video surveillance. Whether this
>>> technology actually exists now is the question, but swarms of such
>>> miniature drones controlled by an central AI would be possible and could
>>> pose nightmare scenarios.
>>>
>>> Milton Ponson
>>> GSM: +297 747 8280
>>> PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
>>> Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
>>> Project Paradigm: Bringing the ICT tools for sustainable development to
>>> all stakeholders worldwide through collaborative research on applied
>>> mathematics, advanced modeling, software and standards development
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 10:23:18 PM AST, Paola Di Maio <
>>> paola.dimaio@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I do not think thre is a law that can prevent people from buying
>>> surveillance gadgets freely
>>> https://www.analyticsinsight.net/the-advent-of-robotic-birds/
>>> https://spectrum.ieee.org/fly-robot-fly
>>>
>>> some are cute and highly sophisticated *move heads and wings like real
>>> birds'and insects
>>> being tested on beaches worldwide
>>> (better keep the swimsuit on at all times)
>>>
>>> implications for AI KR? (cant think of any)
>>>
>>>
>>>