# Art installation known as “ The Portal that links NY sidewalk with Dublin temp closed **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592 "2024-05-15T15:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592/21 "2024-05-17T11:34:29Z")
AI to rescue. 😉 I guess identifying a boob or Johnson can be done. Trying to censor gestures or Signs can open up a can of worms. How far will they take it? I’m getting the popcorn ready for the reopening. This could be interesting. I understand the artist and organization behind the project wants to create a enjoyable family oriented experience. I’m not convinced it can be done with a real time feed. Let’s see how it works out. Link ['Portal' live-stream connecting Dublin and New York to reopen within days after closing... - LBC](https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/portal-live-stream-dublin-new-york-reopen-days-inappropriate-behaviour/) > [@](#): > > Speaking to LBC News, Joseph Callahan, director of Portals Organisation, said that the misuse of the portal was “inevitable”. > We just didn’t anticipate it was going to happen this quickly," he said. > > He went on to say: "We’re implementing a physical process with barriers to prevent people getting too close to the portal - that’s number one. > > "Number two, we’re also utilising technology and computer vision AI to anticipate and sense what is inappropriate and then blur the screen. > > "Based on the fact that it is a window and it is real-time between two worlds, a delay is not an option. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592/22 "2024-05-20T20:58:55Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh. If there wasn’t even any illegal behavior, then just keep the piece running. I don’t think that “New Yorkers are sometimes rude” is a newsflash to anyone. A lot of the problems were from the Dublin side. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592/23 "2024-05-20T21:05:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh. If there wasn’t even any illegal behavior, then just keep the piece running. I don’t think that “New Yorkers are sometimes rude” is a newsflash to anyone. One of the Dubliners flashed a picture of planes hitting the WTC ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592/24 "2024-05-20T21:31:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t think that “New Yorkers are sometimes rude” is a newsflash to anyone. I wonder how many of the people behaving badly (at both ends) were locals versus tourists. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592/25 "2024-05-22T17:38:49Z")
Colbert joked last week: "You put New York and Dublin together and what do you get? Boston.” ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592/26 "2024-05-23T06:19:30Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > How do you define indecency? there’s a practical way to prevent the problem: You set up the portal in a public place, but with a fence around it…a decorative, knee-high fence, or maybe a line of potted plants creating a green, living fence, as part of the “art”. At the gate in the fence, you hire a local art student who opens the gate for you, lets one or two people at a time into the portal. And…here’s the catch… he asks you to show ID first. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592/27 "2024-05-23T06:45:54Z")
actually, I’d think the fact of being able to see foreign tiddys might make it more popular… But it’s not the first time … when Disneyland first opened Splash Mountain they had a live camera that right when you were drowned with freezing cold water it took a picture and showed it to everyone in line … well apparently they didn’t realize that in ca in the summer that women wear thin tops with no bras … and then some of the women began actively flashing the camera and people began flipping it off so they turned it off there was a controversy … so they brought it back with a 15 second time delay … ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592/28 "2024-05-23T10:23:47Z")
I remember that. You could buy your picture at the end. If someone was naughty, your picture wouldn’t be available which is what happened to me the one time I was on there after they added the picture function. I wasn’t me or my girlfriend so I’m not sure what happened. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592/29 "2024-05-23T19:45:56Z")
My suggestion for preventing the problem… have an AI determine if someone did a rude thing. Flash, show violent images, flip the bird, etc. Then if a rude thing is detected, immediately shut down the Portal for 5 minutes, and display “Don’t be naughty to the Portal”. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592/30 "2024-05-29T18:41:57Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > My suggestion for preventing the problem… have an AI determine if someone did a rude thing. Flash, show violent images, flip the bird, etc. Then if a rude thing is detected, immediately shut down the Portal for 5 minutes, and display “Don’t be naughty to the Portal”. Sounds like a fun contest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-installation-known-as-the-portal-that-links-ny-sidewalk-with-dublin-temp-closed/1001592.md?page=1)