Re:America is turning against facial-recognition software
by mc32 on Friday May 24, 2019 @07:57AM
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The only “good” outcome of this is we get to know how pervasive surveillance affects behavior and whether the benefits outweigh the detriments. In other words does it result in a better or worse society overall. Even if it’s better overall I’d it worth the negative effects on affected populations?
It’s a living laboratory.
Re:America is turning against facial-recognition software
by homonculus1 on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:54AM
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The benefits would have to be impossibly valuable to outweigh the constant burden and psychological damage of living in a totalitarian panopticon.
Given that society functions without it and is constantly improving anyway--crime rates, poverty, mortality continue to drop from socioeconomic and technological development without the need for the intervention of pervasive surveillance--I personally literally cannot conceive of a benefit that would actually be worth it.
Re:America is turning against facial-recognition software
by mc32 on Friday May 24, 2019 @09:01AM
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True, I do not see it turning out well. But it would be a laboratory into behavioral control. Something like this would eliminate needs for safe spaces, anti/hate speech, etc. because this would regulate all this anti social behavior in the first place.
An example being China’s automated jaywalking-shamer.