Larry Ellison's AI-Powered Surveillance Dystopia Is Already Here
(404media.co)46 points by walterbell 3 days ago
46 points by walterbell 3 days ago
Earlier:
Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison
More crime! People/things tend to react counterintuitively. Surrounded by paradox. If everything is monitored, nothing is. We get comfortable seeing too much... for there is too much to see.
Similarly: armed guards in gentrified neighborhoods. Old ladies feel safe, I don't. You know. Game theory.
> armed guards in gentrified neighborhoods
It's interesting, isn't it? When I see armed guards, regardless of the setting, the message I get is not "you're safe", it's "this area is so dangerous that they need armed guards".
I have the same reaction (albeit to a lesser degree) when I see surveillance cameras, especially ones installed by regular people.
Very interesting, indeed! I deliberate over this far too much for my own mental health. Feedback loops on feedback loops.
My life experience has been such that... I'll worry about the things these guards are supposed to be here for if/when it happens. It won't, and if it does, I know how to handle myself. It probably won't be the first, second, or third time. I consider anyone with a weapon a liability. Including me... but especially 'not me'.
The cameras are so gross. Please don't subscribe to surveillance, talk to your neighbors! If only community were really so easy...
The end goal is “security theatre” and profit, not real security.
Larry Ellison doesn't have to worry about being profiled as an easy mark to contribute toward some government enforcement worker's KPIs (which themselves are frequently the result of less than noble goals) or getting screwed as part of some higher level initiative to go hard on some thing so of course he sees no danger in this sort of thing.
Edit: Now that I think about it you can sub in entire demographics in place of "Larry Ellison" and the above statement still holds other than the usual error from using a broad brush.