The thing about a surveillance state is the idea is that someone is on the other end of the camera watching, i.e. the state. The overwhelming amount of video be

The thing about a surveillance state is the idea is that someone is on the other end of the camera watching, i.e. the state. The overwhelming amount of video being generated is being recorded, but it's usually not being actively watched until after something happens. It's not quite a surveillance state as much as it is just evidence being gathered that might eventually be utilized after criminal activity has occurred. There's very little AI watching and analyzing what is happening on the surveillance.