Facial recognition technology is no joke in China. Not long ago Chinese traffic officers began using facial recognition technology to arrest citizens who were violating traffic laws.
Now the cops are using artificial intelligence (AI) to further their police state oppression over the populous.
When the facial recognition cameras catch someone jaywalking they will be identified, publicly shamed and also will be sent a text which specifies what their violation was and how much they have to pay for the fine.
AI?
a Shenzhen-based artificial intelligence company named Intellifusion will be implementing the new addition to Shenzhen's traffic system.
The Public Shaming System
The faces of jaywalkers will be displayed on giant LED screens located at intersections which would usually have advertisements on them.
Intellifusion will be working with local mobile phone companies and social media conglomerates in order to be able to send the jaywalkers texts immediately after they are caught in the act.
Don't Forget That China Has A Social Credit Score System
You receive this text: "You are receiving a negative social credit score for your jaywalking today sir".
The system will register exactly how many times you have violated the city's traffic laws and there will be a specified number of violation that you need to reach to negatively effect your social credit score.
Bad social credit would eliminate any possibility of running businesses, staying in luxury hotels, renting or owning property, using public transportation or receiving bank loans.
If You Are A Chinese Citizen Every Detail Of Your Face Is Stored On A Facial Recognition Database
Facial recognition systems are tasked with generating a so-called faceprint for individuals, which can then be stored in a facial recognition database. These faceprints are created by scanning human faces and measuring the distance between various points such as the width of their noses or the depth of their eye sockets.
A human face has more than 80 "nodal points" which can be tracked and accounted for by facial recognition scanners. These points are the ones that are used to identify individuals through camera scanners on the streets of China.
A "Successful Oppression"
So far, Intellifusion's system has successfully identified and sent messages to 13,390 jaywalkers. All of these people had their personal information leaked on LED screens at intersections.
You can also look at an online database (managed by law enforcement) filled with the photos and names of jaywalkers that were caught.
How would you feel if your local city had implemented these technologies? It is definitely happening in the United States and many other developed countries.
Here in Indonesia it is a completely different story, there are almost no traffic cameras and people run red lights and jaywalk without being caught often. Hopefully this freedom from traffic surveillance I have in Bali, Indonesia (although slightly dangerous) remains...
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