Bill’s Commentary:
“I am thankful there were not cell video nor AI enabled cameras back in my day…”
Is SDSU watching? See where the university put its AI-enabled cameras
Over 1,300 AI-enabled cameras are affixed to classroom hallways, entryways, common areas and dorm buildings throughout San Diego State University. Cameras focus on students and faculty alike in classroom buildings, in bookstores, dining areas, parking structures and gyms.
In 2024, The Daily Aztec first reported that SDSU spent over $1.3 million to upgrade the university’s extensive network of surveillance cameras with new ones that, if activated, could deploy artificial intelligence. The funding comes from the Deferred Maintenance Advisory Committee reserve funds, according to Amanda Stills university police’s public information officer.
While university police said the list of locations obtained by SDSU investigative journalism students is not the most updated list, further analysis conducted by these students shows just how extensive the web of surveillance cameras was while the university started to enable them with AI:
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