TL;DRAnker brand eufy solicited its camera users to submit footage of crime to help train its AI systems.Users could get $2 per approved clip, maxing out at $40 per camera.If they didn’t have enough crime happening around them, eufy encouraged users to film themselves pretending to be package thieves.It’s sometimes difficult to remember, especially when we’re confronted with all the incredibly impressive feats it can pull off, that AI, despite the “intelligence” in its name, is still profoundly dumb. At least, it doesn’t have any real understanding of concepts, and only manages to give the impression that it does because it is so very, very good at matching patterns. Getting that good requires a lot of training, which is one of the biggest expenses faced by the companies building these models. And this week we’re learning about a clever way one company looked to crowdsource an effort like that — even if it cut a few corners along the way.Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority?