Using Machine Learn to Track Social Distancing
Andrew Ng’s startup Landing AI has created a new workplace monitoring tool that issues an alert when anyone is less than the desired distance from a colleague. Landing AI has emphasized that the tool is meant to keep employees and communities safe and should be used only with informed consent. However, the same technology can also be abused or used to normalize more harmful surveillance measures.
See "Using Machine Learn to Track Social Distancing ", Karen Has, MIT Technology Review, April 17, 2020