Florida Student Holding Clarinet ‘as if It Were a Weapon’ Sends School Into Lockdown: Report

Florida student holding clarinet ‘as if it were a weapon’ sends school into lockdown: report

Florida Middle School Placed On Lockdown After A.I. Mistakes Clarinet For A Gun

people playing clarinets Artificial intelligence has been positioned as a potential solution to many of the world’s problems, and some schools have adopted A.I.-powered security systems that are designed to detect weapons. That includes a middle school in Florida that was recently placed on lockdown over a false alarm that was traced back to a clarinet. Over the past few years, artificial intelligence has managed to infiltrate countless facets o…

Florida school locked down after AI weapon detector mistakes clarinet for gun

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AI Mistakes Clarinet for Rifle; Causes School Lockdown

Oviedo, Florida, delivered yet another entry in the ever-expanding catalog of “school safety stories that write themselves.” At Lawton Chiles Middle School, an automated weapons-detection system triggered a full Code Red lockdown after a student walked down the hallway holding a clarinet as if it were a rifle. Yes, an AI system, because of course it was. That’s it. That’s the story. A woodwind section misunderstanding shut down an entire middle …