"The whole thing unraveled quickly, according to local reporting. When the alert went out, it triggered an automatic "code red," giving administrators no choice but to react to the AI system's decision. Luckily nobody was hurt, and local police soon declared the lockdown over. "The code red was a precaution and the children were never in any danger," local police wrote in a Facebook post."
"In a message to parents, school Principal Dr. Melissa Laudani said the district has "multiple layers of school safety, including an automated system that detects potential threats. A student was walking in the hallway, holding a musical instrument as if it were a weapon, which triggered the code red to activate." (It's not known what exactly constitutes a "code red," as it isn't mentioned in the school's latest Parent Student handbook.)"
""While there was no threat to campus, I'd like to ask you to speak with your student about the dangers of pretending to have a weapon on a school campus," Laudani wrote. It's not known what particular system Lawton Chiles has on overwatch, but the fact that it can't differentiate between a clarinet with 17 keys and a rifle with none is concerning."
Students at Lawton Chiles Middle School in Florida were sent into lockdown after an AI surveillance system detected a student carrying a gun that was actually a band student's clarinet. The alert triggered an automatic "code red," which required administrators to react immediately. No injuries occurred and police described the lockdown as a precaution. Principal Dr. Melissa Laudani asked parents to speak with students about pretending to have weapons. The specific AI system in use is not identified, and the system's inability to distinguish a clarinet from a rifle raises safety concerns. A recent Baltimore incident involved AI misidentifying a bag of Doritos as a handgun, prompting a violent detention.
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