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Re:Show HN: AI Baby Monitor – local Video-LLM that beeps whe... by diggan on Monday May 26, 2025 @06:14AM (#44095862)
> Tools that can cause harm deserve scrutiny

How on earth would this project, by itself, cause harm?

Sure, inattentive parents can lead to children hurting themselves, but that can happen while browsing gmail, or even when frigate is setup, does that mean gmail and frigate cause harm to children? Obviously not.

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Re:Show HN: AI Baby Monitor – local Video-LLM that beeps whe... by itishappy on Monday May 26, 2025 @10:55AM (#44098040)
Gmail and Frigate aren't AI Baby Monitors. If you use Frigate as a baby monitor, it's absolutely worth scrutinizing your setup. The exact same thing can be said of a human nanny too. You wouldn't hire someone with no research.
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Re:Show HN: AI Baby Monitor – local Video-LLM that beeps whe... by diggan on Monday May 26, 2025 @11:02AM (#44098130)
No, but what about people planning terror attacks via gmail? Does that count as gmail being a "harmful" tool? You've seemed to have missed my point completely.
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Re:Show HN: AI Baby Monitor – local Video-LLM that beeps whe... by itishappy on Monday May 26, 2025 @11:54AM (#44098586)
Yeah, which is why Google scans your messages for illegal content. Not sure if they scan for terrorism, but they certainly do for CSAM.
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