* Posts by CrustyEngineer

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AI detects 20,000 hidden taxable swimming pools in France, netting €10m

CrustyEngineer
FAIL

Never trust an AI for things like this

Here in the US, one County in state of Maryland tried to do something similar by looking for "impervious surfaces" and then tax people according to how much estimated precipitation run-off would then require flood control infrastructure. Locals quickly saw this for what it was and called it a "rain tax."

Apparently the aerial survey was examined by some sort of automated system that couldn't tell the difference between a paved surface and a gravel surface. This quickly turned the public against the idea, as there are many gravel driveways on the farms in the western part of the county. It goes to show that just because some idiot savant AI decides you have a swimming pool, doesn't mean one exists there.