[rhodo]

> They also say the system generated alerts for “rough sleepers and beggars” at the station’s entrances and claim this allowed staff to “remotely monitor the situation and provide the necessary care and assistance.”

ah yes I love using technology to better deny the most vulnerable people a place to sleep.

[nonrandomstring]

It seems fairly obvious to anyone in London that recorded announcements are frequently triggered by events on the platform.

Someone walks too close to the platform edge; "Please stand behind the yellow line at all times!"

Someone lights-up or vapes; "All stations are non-smoking areas!"

--- and so on.

These are probably done by humans watching the cameras and just lazily pressing the corresponding announcement button. But one gave me real cause for concern, and it seemed obvious that "AI" was involved;

A woman was pushing someone in a wheelchair, and left their disabled friend for a moment to look at a map on the wall.

"Please do not leave luggage unattended at any time!"

"Please do not leave luggage unattended at any time!"

The message kept repeating until the woman walked back over to the wheelchair. I hoped the person in the wheelchair was also deaf, because what could be more dehumanising than being wrongly labelled as "luggage" by a machine.

[bonton89]

Don't worry, in the future they'll just auto mail a fine for abandoning luggage to your last known address based on facial recognition instead of calling you out.

[huytersd]

The place to sleep isn’t the station. There are shelters, rehab centers and mental health facilities. Minimum wage jobs are easy to get. There are plenty of social workers that will help you get set up with these things.

[exe34]

"care and assistance", in Tory Britain means they can send some bored police officers to destroy your tents and other stuff, no?