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<P><DC=0,192,0><JC>---TECHNOLOGY TODAY---</JC>
<P><DC=128,128,128><JC>DR. ALAN MILTON ON NEW AI-CONTROLLED SECURITY TECHNOLOGY</JC>
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<P>On the annual Surveillance Technology Mess of 2004 near PDX International Airport, WorldCorp Incorporated revealed for the first time their latest product for industrial use: The Automated DX-Brand Security Camera.
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<P>We caught project leader Dr. Alan Milton and threw a couple of questions in his general direction. Milton came to work for WorldCorp about 10 months ago when his previous employer, Luminous Research Ltd., was bought by the corporation, along with the project he was working on, codenamed Project Beholder.
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<P><B>Technology Today:
<P>Dr. Milton, can you tell our readers what makes the new DX-brand security camera such a ground-breaking invention?
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<P><B>Alan Milton:
<P>Versatility. With the old Luminous-brand cameras, you needed to employ several security people just to sit there all day watching the output from the cameras. Not only was that a very expensive solution, it also meant your entire security depended on those few people. Any professional intruder would be able to drop a gas grenade into your security room and take them all out, rendering all those expensive cameras completely useless. Our new cameras are capable of recognizing uncleared intruders and activating an alarm on their own.
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<P><B>Technology Today:
<P>That's amazing, but how accurate is that technology? How often will the camera mistake a cleared individual for an intruder, or even worse: The other way around?
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<P><B>Alan Milton:
<P>Never! That's the point. The cameras have their own built-in processor which runs a piece of software which could best be described as a cut-down AI specifically engineered to classify people. Our labs have tested the camera's functionality on more than 3000 people in various situations, and not once did it make a mistake. It's that accurate.
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