Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSalt Lake City, plans to implement AI-assisted 911 call triaging to handle ~30% of about 450K non-emergency calls per yearwww.sltrib.comexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down110
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minus-squareBassTurd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoI would bet there are large swaths of people that don’t know there is a nonemergency number to look up.
minus-squarelaurathepluralized@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoAnd in some locations (e.g. Atlanta, last time I checked), there is no non-emergency number–you call 911 regardless and the dispatcher directs the call.
minus-squareBassTurd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoThere seems like a very easy solution here that doesn’t require AI.
I would bet there are large swaths of people that don’t know there is a nonemergency number to look up.
And in some locations (e.g. Atlanta, last time I checked), there is no non-emergency number–you call 911 regardless and the dispatcher directs the call.
There seems like a very easy solution here that doesn’t require AI.