Artificial intelligence's increasingly ominous presence is on China's streets, capturing jaywalkers' faces and shaming them for all to see. In a recent livestream from Shanghai, China, Twitch streamer
According to Gaoxin Public Security Bureau onCameras installed at traffic lights would record videos of jaywalkers. The smart system would then snap images of the offenders at three different moments as they jaywalked, serving proof that they had violated traffic laws.PHOTO: DAILY MAIL
It also collects information on the offenders’ facial features and compares them against a biometric database to identify them. It would then flash the offenders’ faces on a big screen, warning them against jaywalking through an audio system.In the comments section of theSome approved of the system as a solution to jaywalking. A handful of them even expressed their desire for such devices in their own countries.
Some were critical, saying how “controlling” it was to monitor people. Others said it reminded them of dystopian novels and films like"1984","Black Mirror" and"The Orville".
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