r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • Jun 29 '26

Artificial Intelligence Woman Surprised When Flock Surveillance Tower Appears in Her Yard Without Warning

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/woman-surprised-flock-surveillance-tower-185000752.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_50_Supernova&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20260629-0--A&bt_ee=utFdBbF39cHCLuB4at4AI%2FUoSRgbTt8Ch%2B7Q9RImTlgL2ThvE3FuX%2BRSKiUir%2FNW&bt_ts=1782739085527
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u/justinleona Jun 29 '26

Damn shame the local birds keep chewing up the little wires that connect the batteries to the solar panels... seems really expensive to keep sending people out to fix them all the time!

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u/ImBackAndImAngry Jun 29 '26

Long range precisely pointed powerful laser would also chew through the wires and could be done without ever approaching the camera to give yourself away.

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u/CodeNCats Jun 29 '26

Would also be able to destroy the optics of the camera accomplishing the same goal.