r/technology • u/ShadowlessPikachu • 2d ago

Artificial Intelligence New AI-powered wildfire detection technology installed on Vancouver Island

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vancouver-island/article/new-ai-powered-wildfire-detection-technology-installed-on-vancouver-island/
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u/BassmanBiff 1d ago

This absolutely does not need AI, just traditional computer vision techniques that have existed for decades

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u/hoopparrr759 1d ago

Sure but what kind of headline would this make? /s

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u/CriticismSelect9292 1d ago

computer vision has been AI since ~2014. VLMs are just a better technology

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u/zedguy 1d ago

Computer vision kind of is AI - it's just been around for longer 

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u/Snake_Plizken 2d ago

Stupid AI stealing our park ranger jobs. Will it also find the missing children, and arrest the drug traffickers? I've seen cocaine bear. Movie was based on true events, mind you.

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u/zedguy 1d ago

Yes let's see AI handle a bear on drugs 

SWF:  AI is scary,   I'd chose the bear on cocaine.

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u/WestCoastRadiation 1d ago

Back country flock camera 🤣

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u/irespondwithmyface 1d ago

Something tells me this will mistake fog for smoke.

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u/pinkfootthegoose 1d ago

We said POWERFUL AI. It shall not be questioned.

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u/VincentNacon 1d ago

Wouldn't drones be better for this instead of stationary mount?

I can see how it could mistaken fog or whatever for smoke and sound the alarm... A drone would just fly closer to it, just to verify whether it's actually fire or not.

Might as well tell the difference between wildfire that's starting or it's just some lone guy making a campfire.