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> Every step she takes, every one of her actions big or small — even what she thinks — can be tracked and judged. [emphasis added] Can anybody shed upon how th
by TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
> Every step she takes, every one of her actions big or small — even what she thinks — can be tracked and judged. [emphasis added]
Can anybody shed upon how these Social Credit systems would be able to track what a person thinks?
- hnzix 8y agoFacial expression recognition. I was talking with one big data analysis vendor who claimed they installed expression recognition software outside toilet stalls in the Dubai airport. If you exited the khazi with a disgusted expression, the system would recognize it and dispatch a cleanup crew. They also claimed they could detect if students were bored in class and feed this info back to the teacher. Up next: thoughtcrime.
- bopbop 8y agoAmazing anecdotes.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoI wouldn’t have lumped expression recognition with what one is thinking. It’s feasible that a person could leave a toilet with a displeased expression while pondering some peculiar nuance of some specific domain of knowledge. But maybe in this context you’re right, the article meant to refer to expression recognition.
- spacehome 8y agoIt's given away by your eye saccades. /sarcasm (for now)
- bcaa7f3a8bbc 8y ago> even what she thinks I don't think the cameras can track your mind. I think it is a little bit of exaggeration, and refers to e.g. knowing one's political leanings by analyzing online accounts.