It's not a big deal to jaywalk in India. Eight times out of ten, no one will even notice. But if you jaywalk in China, you might have to face something extremely embarrassing. While China has moved ahead of the rest of the world making facial recognition technology or the AI-backed cameras a part of everyday life, they are still not perfect.
In a hilarious incident, Dong Mingzhu, chairwoman of China’s biggest maker of air conditioners Gree Electric Appliances, found her face on a huge screen along a street in the city of Ningbo. The screen shows the images of people who were caught jaywalking by surveillance cameras.
Turns out, Dong didn't actually jaywalk, the AI-backed system captured a photo of Dong from an advertisement on the side of a moving bus. Later, the traffic police of Ningbo recognised the mistake and deleted the image. It also said the surveillance system would be completely upgraded to cut incidents of false recognition in future.
Dong Mingzhu, without having any hard feelings appreciated the work of the traffic police and thanked them.
Cities like Beijing and Shanghai were amongst the first to employ the AI system to help regulate the traffic and identify drivers who violate the road rules. Shenzhen wanted to do something different and started displaying the pictures of violators on a big screen.
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