Letter from Shenzhen
"Chinese tech isn’t an imitation of its American counterpart. It’s a completely different universe."
"Chinese tech isn’t an imitation of its American counterpart. It’s a completely different universe."
"In the hands of government surveillance programs and law enforcement agencies, there’s simply no way that face recognition software will be not used to harm citizens."
"The Pew study indicates that there is a significant cognitive problem among US people in being able to assess facts from opinions."
"There’s little room for indiscretions, imperfections, or acts of independence—especially not when the government can listen in on your phone calls, monitor your driving habits, track your movements, scrutinize your purchases and peer through the walls of your home."
"From the federal Department of Homeland Security down to local police departments, governmental use of biometric facial recognition software has gained a startling amount of traction in recent years. And these agencies are getting help from big business, to boot."
"Footage from those flying cameras will be automatically analyzed by AI systems not disclosed to the public."
"The most effective form of advertising is to create a sub-culture through which to sell products."
"The self-flying drone will be able to track and follow vehicles as they move through challenging terrain that would be impossible to film previously without a skilled drone pilot."
"Why wouldn’t the CIA and the Pentagon effect a domestic regime-change operation on November 22, 1963?"
"Here are some lesser-known examples of the social credit system’s real-life applications, from hospitals to K-pop."