# AI Projects

- Link: https://jcody.com/ai-projects/
- Published: 2026-10-26T11:41:24-04:00
- Author: Jeffrey Cody

**AI first, human in charge.** I treat AI as infrastructure: it does the tedious,
error-prone work so people can do the judgment work. This page is the short version
of what I built, what it runs on, and what I learned.

## My 2024-to-date AI journey

**I have been waiting my entire career for today.** For decades I organized information,
built systems and told stories with whatever tools I had. Since 2024 the tools have
finally caught up with the way I think. A video archive close to 100 TB, with no
reliable way to see what was inside it, became the reason to build better storage,
a faster network, careful automation and local AI that reads, sorts and describes
footage. The same toolkit now fits any organization sitting on years of accumulated
data with a small team.

The ground rules never changed. **Originals are never modified. AI suggests, scripts
execute, a person approves. Client material stays on hardware I control. Every step
leaves a record.** And the structure underneath is older than the tools: [I drew its outline in 2005](https://jcody.com/blog/filing-system-for-ai-agents-2005/).

[⌊Film frame icon linking to the golden record post⌉⌊Film frame icon linking to 
the golden record post⌉[

## Video projects

Local AI agents inventory, sort and tag large collections of footage so a search
for “aerial, church, autumn” returns clips instead of folders. Footage is fingerprinted
and verified before anything is touched. [Read how the golden record works.](https://jcody.com/blog/golden-record-indexing-fingerprinting-25-years/)

[⌊Clapperboard icon linking to the drone storytelling post⌉⌊Clapperboard icon linking
to the drone storytelling post⌉[

## Video creation

AI-assisted shortlisting takes a mountain of drone and camera clips and surfaces
the strongest candidates for a human editor, who makes the creative calls. Faster
rough cuts, more time on story. [See how I approach drone storytelling.](https://jcody.com/blog/drone-footage-that-tells-the-story/)

[⌊Server rack icon linking to the archival compression post⌉⌊Server rack icon linking
to the archival compression post⌉[

## Massive file store management

A TrueNAS-based archive acts as the master library, with verified copies, checksums
and a plan for safe compression that reclaims working space while preserving the
raw sources for future editing and production. [The archival compression approach.](https://jcody.com/blog/safe-archival-compression-reclaim-space-keep-the-raw/)

[⌊Network nodes icon linking to the hardware and automation post⌉⌊Network nodes 
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## Hardware and network improvements

Measure first, then upgrade the part that is actually holding you back. Segmented
networks, scripted checks and safe, reversible change. [Getting the most from the hardware you have](https://jcody.com/blog/infrastructure-automation-get-the-most-from-your-hardware/)
and [deploying network change faster and safer](https://jcody.com/blog/managing-networks-deploying-change-faster-safer/).

[⌊ScanAI dashboard preview with per-town capture statistics, transcript detail blurred⌉⌊
ScanAI dashboard preview with per-town capture statistics, transcript detail blurred⌉[

## SCAN AI

ScanAI is a live capture and transcription system I built for local public-safety
radio traffic. It records each transmission, transcribes it, scores clip quality,
tracks activity by town and by hour, and monitors itself with a watchdog so it keeps
running unattended. It currently holds more than 15,000 clips from six local towns.

It is a private tool. The live system is at [sai.jcody.com](https://sai.jcody.com),
and **access is by request only, so please contact me first.**

[Contact me about ScanAI access](https://jcody.com/contact/)

## What it means for you

If you are an executive or HR leader weighing AI development and solutions, this
is what I can show you: real systems, running every day, built with sensible limits.
Messy data made searchable. Slow manual processes made repeatable. And a person 
still accountable for the outcome.

[Talk about your AI project](https://jcody.com/contact/)   [Read the field notes](https://jcody.com/insights/)