It won’t just be precrime, that’s perhaps the most obvious and most blunt use. Essentially, prediction allows for deeper understanding of which actions affects our behavior and how, so they know what to do to get what they want from us. Its next level manipulation of subsets of the populace that results in massive increase in disempowerment. You thought we were powerless before? These tools are digital shepherds and prison guards for all of us.
Has the wealthy class worked for or against your interests? If they gain more power, will they work for or against your interests? I don’t see anything but tragedy resulting from their further empowerment.
The US government already started pre-crime policing. No future tense about it, full on dystopia is already here.
It won’t just be precrime, that’s perhaps the most obvious and most blunt use. Essentially, prediction allows for deeper understanding of which actions affects our behavior and how, so they know what to do to get what they want from us. Its next level manipulation of subsets of the populace that results in massive increase in disempowerment. You thought we were powerless before? These tools are digital shepherds and prison guards for all of us.
Has the wealthy class worked for or against your interests? If they gain more power, will they work for or against your interests? I don’t see anything but tragedy resulting from their further empowerment.
John Oliver just did an episode on Police Surveillance Technology. It’s sad and scary stuff.
He also mentioned Atlas of Surveillance, a website to check what’s going on in your area.