Microsoft President Brad Smith warns that surveillance systems will be set up around the world, as George Orwell’s novel, 1984, says, unless immediate legislation is passed against the advancement of artificial intelligence to protect the public. The novel was written in 1949 and depicts anarchic fantasy. He says public surveillance equipment will be installed before 2024 if the abandoned campaign of AI is not stopped immediately. His view is that if it is too late, lawmakers may not be able to keep up with the rapidly changing Artificial Intelligence and mass surveillance technology. Brad Smith made the remarks during a BBC Panorama program on China’s search for new ways to monitor its citizens. China’s tech means are shocking.
The Internet has become so pervasive that it has become increasingly commonplace, and experts say that even if the laws were changed every month, they would not be able to do so. AI is going to bring many of its troublesome problems. Brad Smith said that if laws to protect the public were not enforced now, we would see technology advancing.
Facial recognition technology
Facial recognition technology is an attempt to identify a person in real time based on previously taken photos, videos or pictures. Each face has about 80 distinct focal points. They spread to the eyes, nose, cheeks, mouth and chin. These can be used to distinguish one person from another. A facial expression can be recorded using a video camera. The distance between these 80 points can be measured. Also, how wide the nose is, how wide the eyes are, the distance between the eyes, and the shape of the chin are enough to identify a person. The data thus collected can be converted into a numeric code. This is in contrast to the image taken earlier.
China proved its strength
China has connected its facial recognition system to millions of CCTV cameras. The images obtained through this are used to identify Chinese people through artificial intelligence. Many countries may soon end up using fingerprint recognition and turn to face recognition technology. The BBC also released evidence of a shocking terrorist plot by China. The country uses advanced technology to detect even one’s feelings. It is believed that China relies on AI to even identify one’s guilt.
Cameras even detect emotion!
The information about the emotion recognition cameras was provided by a man who had installed such cameras for the Chinese authorities and was afraid to reveal his name. Such cameras are placed at a distance of three meters from a person. These are like lie detector machines. But it’s just that it works many times better with modern technology. Even if no evidence is found, a person may be put in front of a computer if he or she feels guilty. Whether or not he is guilty is determined by the score given by the computer. This score indicates whether the suspect is dangerous.
China to become king of artificial intelligence by 2030
Conventional AI gives a lot of data about an algorithm and then seeks answers from it. But, as China does in the revised versions, it even includes attempts to identify the person arrested by the police as a criminal. China aims to dominate the field of artificial intelligence globally by 2030. For this, the country has acquired more patents in 2019 than any other American company. All of this, Smith says, is just an example of how artificial intelligence is going to be used in the real world. That is to say, humanity is being brought to a situation that has only been seen in science fiction movies.
Eric Schmidt wants to beat China in AI case
Eric Schmidt, former head of Google and current head of the U.S. National Security Commission, says the United States needs to be ahead of China in developing AI. He says the United States needs to come up with new strategies at the national and international levels to win the AI war. US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said that China has been able to ensure through technology that no voice is uttered against it, and that China has grown into a nation that uses the latest observation tools of the 21st century, and that even George Orwell is proud of that.
At the same time, China argues that they use technology to prevent crime and that it is not against any religion or ethnic group. Their position is that if they do not wake up and act now, the values of others may come to the fore. However, it would be a mistake to conclude that observational devices are only used against the Chinese. It’s just that the US is using Google’s technology. The United States uses Google’s image recognition technology, known as Project Maven. At the same time, facial recognition technology can be used not only for monitoring. It is said to be useful in the event of a major accident or other. Meanwhile,
