The last two DigiDame posts were about how technology is being used to monitor our every move. Today, I got a real scare when the New York Times sent me an alert about how “China is using facial recognition and artificial intelligence to identify and track 1.4 billion people.”
Just look at the photo from the Times. It shows exactly how the Chinese authorities are keeping records of all of their citizens. It’s very unnerving to know that 1.4 billion people have cameras watching them all the time. I worry that the rest of the world may also be going in this direction.
We are living in times when we just don’t know what’s going to happen next. I often question if technology is giving power to the wrong people. One of my new clients will be introducing smart glasses that will be able to track your emotions and intentions. The purpose is to help people understand what the other person is thinking. I don’t know how well the glasses will work, but I do know that technology is going to change our lives in ways we never imagined.
on the positive side, would be a help locating missing people such as those with Alzheimer’s who have wandered off and don’t know how to get home.
Those glasses give me the chills, Lois. Too close to mind-reading for comfort!
You could also have read about this topic 2 months ago in the CTA i3 magazine May/June issue… my article about AI in China (although I had to play down the domestic surveillance aspect). https://www.cta.tech/News/i3/Articles/2018/May-June/Artificial-Intelligence-in-China.aspx