Do you think the revolution of robots, machines and AIs will happen this century?

You have more to worry about governments and corporations using it rather than robots.

AI has long been used for mass surveillance whether you're at the store or at home. Even worse AI is already being used to help kill people and looking to arm them with guns.

@traed

I'm fine with facial recognition technology in stores. It's private property. Sounds like something people who robs stores should worry about.

@Freshell
So you're fine with keeping databases of people without their explicit consent keeping track of their every purchase tied directly to their identity even if they pay in cash and selling the data to others for more profit ? Because that is literally what it can and will be used for.

Let's have a middle ground. They can be required by law to have a sign out in front with a disclaimer indicating that the store has facial recognition technology that can be used to track your purchase history and whether someone who went into the store has robbed stores before.

Sounds good to me! I'd walk in. I'd see it as an asset that people who rob stores are kicked out, because they also make my own shopping experience worse.

@Freshell
A person's purchases can identify a lot about them which can be used against them and will be harvested by government agencies which at any point in time can be used to persecute groups of people. It also can be used against employees interests.

Shouldn't that be happening already since my online purchases are already being tracked? Slippery sloping away here. Again, I'm just supporting the right of people to use facial recognition technology to protect their private property.

And on the contrary, this would lead to reduced statistical discrimination.

My opinion on robots and AI is beep boop bop.

My opinion on robots and AI is beep boop bop.

@Kwanthemaster If NTHE happens, then jokes like this will be what causes it.


Google's AI just fucking SNAPPED

...yet here I am making fun of how bad it is at addition.

@Freshell
Absence of evidence isnt evidence of absence. If someone is concerned over that they would more likely buy using paper money in physical stores. There is articles explaining how to use purchase history for price discrimination and it's already basic common knowledge some companies are involved in price discrimination which is done through various means. It's also been known of cases of credit card companies selling user data for profit. It doesnt take a genius to figure out the same things would be repeated. It's already been known companies monitoring employees such as when Tesla spied to try to fight against unions and tried to hunt down a whistle blower falsely reporting him as a mass shooter or how Amazon watches it's delivery drivers and the footage got leaked before. This also easily could be worked into credit scores like China already is using mass surveillance for that purpose. Facial recognition has already been used to wrongly arrest people. I could literally go all day but search engines are broken so it's hard to find what im actually searching for. And yes it can be used that way. The average person is just unaware this is going on but even the government says it's a threat that people's personal detailed information is being gathered through various means. Many stores have pharmacies, this also can mean a violation of medical privacy laws.

If some authoritarian regime takes over or collects data from foreign countries or if hackers get data from companies and sell it on the dark web to malicious actors. What do you think will happen to the data in how it will be used? Think real long and hard. This is not a slippery slope argument.

I suggest you watch the NOVA documentary titled Computers v. Crime for a starter on some more problems involving technology into peoples lives through people in powerful positions.