01 · STEM
James Corbett
«"Algocracy," then, is rule by algorithm.»
«"Algocracy," then, is rule by algorithm.»
«How about, let's imagine some sci-fi fantasy world, where you have, of course, video surveillance cameras up everywhere. And, of course, they can be connected quite easily to an AI algorithm that could scan every single person, keep track of them and their whereabouts, who they are, all of their details, financial and otherwise, in real time, so that if they so much as jaywalk, so much as step across the street in an unprescribed area, the facial recognition system will be able to automatically detect that and to detect who they are, identify them, find them, and then in real time go into their bank account and take those funds out so that by the time they finish crossing the street, the funds are already gone. They've already been fined.»
«In this vision, every person is tracked, their conversations recorded, their purchases monitored, their social networks mapped, their habits studied, and, ultimately, their behaviours predicted, so that the Pentagon and the spies of Silicon Valley can better control the human population.»