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Feels like it's also going to be handy for selective prosecution. Say you're targeted for public speech someone doesn't like. Now they can try and draw some link between your travels and some unsolved crime. Even if it's a weak link, and they can't win in court...the bar for arrest is pretty low.

And, a bit of a reach, but it's also some of the foundation for "pre-crime" type stuff. "You've exhibited patterns of comings and goings that suggest..."



I'm more pessimistic. With available AI you can take video of someone, extract that human profile and characteristics, and then insert it into another one. It only takes that one visit to your office "We have video of you sneaking into an elementary school bathroom" to totally ruin your life, and even if you could prove it wasn't you and was doctored, the damage is still done. It's worse than selective prosecution


Person of Interest was such a great TV show! Too bad many of the things in there came out to be true, or very close to true, in just a matter of 10-15 years.


Ah, hadn't seen it. I was thinking Minority Report, but skimming Person of Interest summaries..yes, similar.


I'm not familiar with the show, but dystopian science fiction doesn't predict the future, it criticizes the present.


"...first of all they must be arrested and brought before the court, and the [criminal code] articles will be found"

- Molotov, June 14, 1940


>Feels like it's also going to be handy for selective prosecution.

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>Say you're targeted for public speech someone doesn't like

More likely you're gonna get targeted because you shared memes that were too dank. They won't put you in jail. They'll just fine the shit out of you because their goal isn't to personally attack anybody, but to marginalize demographics they don't like.




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