I mean on the one hand I agree, none of these use cases seem legitimate, and most give off very totalitarian vibes. However for those that might not be purely

I mean on the one hand I agree, none of these use cases seem legitimate, and most give off very totalitarian vibes. However for those that might not be purely 1984 inspired, I do think that we need to have legislation that is capable of making the distinction between : - algorithms that can be reasoned about and analysed - "AI" systems that resist such analysis The main issue is around responsability. Who would be held responsible for illegal (discriminatory) biases in an AI systems ? How would regulators even detect, specify and quantify those biases ? In non-AI systems, we can analyse the algorithm and evaluate if the biases are due to errors (negligence) or are by design (malice / large scale criminality)