Mike Sheward

a few minutes ago i got an AI-assisted alert from our outside cameras that said:

“a large black dog walks through the yard”

“huh, that’s strange” i thought to myself. “we don’t have a large black dog.”

i played it back. that ain’t no dog.

Jun 7 at 4:23amWeb
Show threadMike ShewardJun 7
i should also probably explain. that is not something that we’d typically see in our back yard.
Show threadNoodlemazJun 7
@SecureOwl did you... Find out where it came from??
Show threadMike ShewardJun 7

@noodlemaz nope. i looked around to see if i could see people looking for a cow, or indeed the cow itself, and nope, nothing.

it’s a new one indeed.

Show threadRob Johnston 🍁Jun 7
@SecureOwl @noodlemaz Must have been a Sasquatch dressed as a cow!
Show threadPwassonchat the enby catboyJun 7
@SecureOwl at least it was actually something unusual that warranted an alert, even if the AI got the species wrong.
Presumably the model was trained on backyard camera footage and therefore hasn't seen a lot of cows.
Show threadcafeinuxJun 7

@pwassonchat
It clearly hasn't seen enough rural neighborhood then. At least where I was born, in a small farming town, it wasn't too surprising to find cows or horses eating in our backyard after a big storm (presumably they got scared and escaped). Once we got a deer as well. It was hunting season, so I guess it got scared as well.

Edit: granted, that's not the kind of town where you'd find cameras filming backyards.
@SecureOwl

Show threadPoloniousmonkJun 7

@cafeinux @pwassonchat @SecureOwl

I grew up in the middle of middle-middle class suburbia in New Jersey, the densest state in the nation. 9.5 million people in 7.4 thousand square miles. There is not a lot of animal husbandry around.

One morning my dog (cairn terrier like Toto) was going apeshit at the front door and mom opened it to see what was up. The dog bolted onto the lawn and started leaping frantically and barkbarkbarking aggressively at...one of three horses. (For the record, she weighed twelve pounds but had the heart of a Clydesdale. Didn't think twice about attacking a horse. The horse didn't really notice.)

It turns out the neighbors got their horses grandfathered in when the development was built.

My town also had a buffalo in someone's back yard, also grandfathered in. He eventually ate it.

Show threadJocelynephiliac 1d ago
@SecureOwl I did immediately want to ask: Do you have a cow?
Show threadFrom Robin with LoveJun 7
@SecureOwl 🤔
Show threadsoloJun 7
@SecureOwl ah yes, the black dog that goes moo
Show threadQueJun 7
@SecureOwl and what sound does the dog make? “Mooo”
Show threadNick Selby Jun 7
@SecureOwl That’s nitpicking, isn’t it?
Show threadBenderIsGreat34Jun 7
@SecureOwl @giflian As soon as you said AI I figured it would have miss identified the intruder by a mile. And I was not disappointed.
Show threadArgonelJun 7
@andymoose @SecureOwl @giflian I was expecting a bear so it was both surprising and disappointing to me.
Show threadstandevJun 8
@Argonel same!
Show threadFabrice Roux  Jun 7
@SecureOwl I like your dog
Show threadsollatJun 7
@SecureOwl
Shiny coat on that large dog the size of a cow.
Show threadknwmoonJun 7
@SecureOwl
Little doggie was just gittin along!
Show threadFelix 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇺🇦Jun 7
@SecureOwl Close enough.
Show threadgroxxJun 7
@SecureOwl we're gonna need weratedogs to weigh in on this, but that looks like a heckin good doggo to me. preliminary rating of 12/9, subject to change on review.
Show threadFrank CavilJun 7
@SecureOwl it's a Doog!
Show threadGrumpyDad 🇺🇦🇵🇸Jun 7
@SecureOwl Well. That all depends on your definition of "dog" I suppose
Show threadAgnieszka R. TurczyńskaJun 7

@SecureOwl In the best AI style:

You're right. I'm sorry for my mistake. It's not a dog. It's a bulldog.

Show threadArikJun 7
@SecureOwl It is large, and it is black. Two out of three is not that bad.
Show threadeuroplus Jun 7
@SecureOwl @briankrebs MOOF! 
Show threadBebadefaboJun 7
@SecureOwl your use of AI gives you incorrect answers and gives your community higher electric bills. The AI is not the only moron in this equation
Show threadMike ShewardJun 7
@bebadefabo the cameras have been there for about 10 years and recently Google forced AI into their products, I can assure you i didn’t choose it.
Show threadDressToKILTJun 7
@SecureOwl CAN I PET THAT DAWG
Show threadDrGeckoJun 7
@SecureOwl looks like dog to me 🦎
Show threadVessOnSecurityJun 7
@SecureOwl TBH, I couldn't identify it, either. A horse? A cow? A calf? Difficult to tell at this size, resolution, angle, and speed.
Show threadAvi Rappoport (avirr)Jun 7
@SecureOwl It’s Clarus the Dogcow!
Show threadWeekend EditorJun 7

@SecureOwl

Do you remember the Apple "dogcow"? Apparently your camera AI does.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogcow

Dogcow - Wikipedia

Show threadHelge WilkerJun 7
@SecureOwl And how elegantly it is moving!
Show threadKimJun 7

@SecureOwl

I was expecting a bear, not Clara.

Show threadsuzanneJun 7
@QueenOfTheCroneAge @SecureOwl
Same!
Show threadGuitarsophistJun 7
@SecureOwl A cow would have sampled your garden. Obviously a dog.
Show threadDeterioratedStuccoJun 7
@SecureOwl
Could have been a bear, I guess...
Show threadMike SpoonerJun 7
@SecureOwl If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a cow?
Show threadstandevJun 8
@SecureOwl haha and it wasn’t the “not a dog” I was expecting either! 🐻
Show threaddasgrueneblattJun 8
@SecureOwl  wow
Show threadBB Jun 9
@SecureOwl: big ole field puppy!
Show threadNullstring 🏴‍☠️1d ago
@SecureOwl free cow?!
Show threadMike Sheward1d ago
@0x00string took 5 days but the owner got em back, two escaped
Show threadNullstring 🏴‍☠️1d ago
@SecureOwl hahahaha i hope they had a lot of fun and caused a lighthearted ruckus
Show threadThe Turtle1d ago
@SecureOwl I'd be like, "hey, free cow!"
Show threadmanchicken1d ago
@SecureOwl 🤷 looks like a dog to me 🤣
Show threadJim Hubbell1d ago
@SecureOwl
Sounds about right for AI, 66% correct.
Show threadDenis 🌏1d ago
@SecureOwl that dog looks as surprised as you
Show threadmoonwok1d ago
@SecureOwl haha😂 that's Buffalow . AI can't differentiate between animals
Show threadPaul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.01d ago
@SecureOwl
Yes, well, the "intelligence" is artificial after all
Show threadinternet george1d ago
@SecureOwl moo puppy. The common field moo puppy is a daytime forager with a home-range of 1-3 acres in well irrigated environs