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03-24-2016, 10:27 PM
Baidu built an A.I. that predicts dangerous crowds and stampedes
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It was December 31, 2014. In Shanghai, thousands flocked to the historic and picturesque Bund, where there had been reports a light show would take place to ring in the new year. Unfortunately, too many people had the same idea. A dangerously dense crowd formed, and at a viewing platform in Chen Yi Square overlooking the river, confusion and a lack of crowd control led to panic and eventually stampede. Within minutes, 36 people had been killed and a**ther 49 had been injured in the crush.
Sadly, the 2014 stampede isn’t the only deadly crowd crush in China’s living memoryEight children died (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6757458/Eight-children-killed-in-Chinese-school-stampede.html) in a school stampede in Hunan in 2009Three died and many were injured (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7088718.stm) in a 2007 crush during a Carrefour sale in Chongqing37 people were killed (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-02/06/content_303605.htm) in a stampede during Lantern Festival celebrations in Beijing in 2004. In 1991, a deadly crush in Taiyuan killed over 100 people (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%E5%B9%B4%E5%A4%AA%E5%8E%9F%E8%B8%A9%E8%B8%8F% E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6). Even Shanghai itself has experienced this before, havinglost at least 17 people (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Shanghai_stampede) in a stampede at a ferry terminal in 1987. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/baidu-ai-predict-crowd-disasters/)
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It was December 31, 2014. In Shanghai, thousands flocked to the historic and picturesque Bund, where there had been reports a light show would take place to ring in the new year. Unfortunately, too many people had the same idea. A dangerously dense crowd formed, and at a viewing platform in Chen Yi Square overlooking the river, confusion and a lack of crowd control led to panic and eventually stampede. Within minutes, 36 people had been killed and a**ther 49 had been injured in the crush.
Sadly, the 2014 stampede isn’t the only deadly crowd crush in China’s living memoryEight children died (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6757458/Eight-children-killed-in-Chinese-school-stampede.html) in a school stampede in Hunan in 2009Three died and many were injured (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7088718.stm) in a 2007 crush during a Carrefour sale in Chongqing37 people were killed (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-02/06/content_303605.htm) in a stampede during Lantern Festival celebrations in Beijing in 2004. In 1991, a deadly crush in Taiyuan killed over 100 people (https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%E5%B9%B4%E5%A4%AA%E5%8E%9F%E8%B8%A9%E8%B8%8F% E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6). Even Shanghai itself has experienced this before, havinglost at least 17 people (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Shanghai_stampede) in a stampede at a ferry terminal in 1987. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/baidu-ai-predict-crowd-disasters/)
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