Date: 4/7/25 11:33 am From: 'Rich Wolinski' via Birders <birders...> Subject: Re: [birders] The rise of A.I. in Consumer Electronics…
Over the years working in the field as an ecologist I gave counting the number of times my image and presence had been captured on camera traps. Now it's pointless with cell phones acting as data collection devices with apps such as Ebird and iNaturalist as your movements are recorded within meters; including the route you traveled along with date and time to a second. These data are of course of great value for their intended uses. But it does beg the question of how much privacy has unwittingly been given away. If truth be told these data could be used to good advantage if analysis tools were developed for use at smaller scales by average citizens. There is little evidence this is in the works. Even in drafting this response the AI wants to chose my words and spelling. Yes, it's in the guise of being helpful. But as the saying goes: The road to hell is often paved with good intensions. On Apr 7, 2025 10:57 AM, Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> wrote:
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From: Marta Manildi <mamanildi...> Sent: Monday, April 7, 2025 9:25:08 AM To: Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> Cc: Birders UM <birders...> Subject: Re: [birders] The rise of A.I. in Consumer Electronicsâ¦Â This is a big question and I dont have answer. In this time of rapidly growing autocracy and cruel destruction of common goods and communities of all kinds, I find the risks of misuse of aggregated personal recognition data, with sound!, terrifying. In Iran this kind of aggregated tech is being used to identify and track women in every moment of their lives, so it is known when they take off their hijab, drive a car, speak to anyone. Under our current government, which cares nothing for the environment, abuse will occur. And at the same time, video of wild creatures in their spaces is a huge tool for engaging people to care - and perhaps then to do some good. Just the other day I was walking in Nichols Arboretum - it was cold and I didnât see anyone else there the whole time. I noticed this, and experienced a profound, quiet joy and humbleness. I was just another creature in the world. I was unobserved. Marta Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 6, 2025, at 8:40â¯PM, Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> wrote:
and Big Brother in the outdoors.  The military has been using network-based pattern recognition for years.  Lately, this technology has found its way to the consumer market.  Bird-Buddy and Birdfy have been using visual-based platforms in their feeders and nest boxes for a few years and todayâ¦I learned there are companies using audio-capture devices.  Just wondering what you folks think about these.  I might jump in but the recurring subscription fees seem onerous.  One of these devices calls itself a âsoundscape analyzerâ.  Similar to âRingâ and other cloud-based camera systems, can you imagine if law enforcement avails themselves of the content of millions of these distributed monitoring stations?  Both very beneficial and very scary from a privacy perspective.  High-gain and high fidelity with centralized digital processing?  Wow. https://petapixel.com/2025/01/07/wonder-petal-nature-camera-mimics-a-flower-to-attract-birds-and-bugs/ https://www.birdweather.com/shop-birdweather-puc
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