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BookWench's avatar

Enjoyed the discussion on Friedman's article.

That facial recognition software is creepy!

I watched s short video from China, in which the lady showing the reporter around deliberately jaywalked, then held up her phone to show that the jaywalking fine had already been deducted from her bank. When she arrived at her place of employment, the AI commented on her lack of joy, according to its reading of her facial expressions. This stuff is terrifying, and I don't care how much "efficiency" it provides, the price is way too high.

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S.H. Jacobs's avatar

It's some Black Mirror horror, the Chinese Big Brother tech. I know of a family that were sent back to China, and they did everything they could to get their daughter back to America. She is pretty oblivious, but she saw that if you do not perform at the nth level in the best schools, you will be sent to die as part of the factory sludge that makes the world's cheap products. I suspect that as a late teen, her family saw that she was not bright enough to make it, and did everything to get her to the USA on a student visa.

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Nowhere Man's avatar

Lack of joy? "A gram is better than a damn!" Mandatory SOMA for you, consumer. Also automatically deducted from your account, surely.

What if you don't have enough in your account to cover your various fines, demerits and prescriptions?

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