MIT's AI can now 'see' and track people through walls

MIT has created a system likened to X-ray vision, but the AI can track a person through walls -- or identify one specific person out of a group of 100 people -- by using wireless signals. MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) calls it RF-Pose. How could they ignore the blaring red alert of potential privacy and spying issues and continue to develop artificial intelligence (AI) that can monitor a person's movements through a solid wall using wireless radio waves? The team says that RF-Pose could be used to monitor diseases like Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis (MS), and muscular dystrophy, providing a better understanding of disease progression and allowing doctors to adjust medications accordingly. It could also help elderly people live more independently, while providing the added security of monitoring for falls, injuries and changes in activity patterns.