The Chinese Communist Party is trying to turn the entire Chinese mainland into a “panoramic prison” through artificial intelligence (AI) technology to monitor the movements of Chinese citizens.
A new report released by an international human rights organization found that the Chinese Communist Party is widely using the frightening “AI mind-reading” emotion recognition technology to monitor Chinese people in order to catch alleged criminals, raising concerns about the further deterioration of human rights in China.
According to a recent report by Article19, an international human rights organization based in London, England, the Chinese Communist Party is now using emotion recognition technology extensively to maintain stability for its citizens, Radio Free Asia reported.
Within three seconds, they can tell if you are a suspect who intends to provoke trouble or commit an illegal act.
The latest report shows that the Chinese Communist Party police are now using the “Alpha Eagle Eye System” to warn of crimes, and it is not only limited to dissidents identified by the authorities, but even the general public, who are identified by the system as a threat, can be arrested and convicted by the police.
In the Yiwu train in Zhejiang province alone, CCP police have arrested 153 so-called “criminals” through this “AI mind-reading” technology.
Shazeda Ahmed, a doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley, who specializes in cybersecurity and policy in China, combed through public documents and reports from the Chinese Communist Party and found that several provincial and municipal public security agencies have partnered with different emotion recognition AI companies or the security industry to use the system to combat what officials call criminals.
Ahmed said that for the Communist Party’s public security authorities, “AI mind-reading” has been used in a variety of ways, including early warning, or detecting possible crimes, and increased monitoring of key populations, including people who have been released from prison or protesters against the government, to ensure that these key populations do not come out and resist.
Ahmed, who has lived in Beijing, was struck by the fact that the public security authorities are not the only ones in China using this data. The Chinese Communist Party newspaper has mentioned that it will study the application of “micro-expression recognition technology” to enhance the security of highways entering Tibet.
These practices by Chinese police, under the banner of technological law enforcement, have raised concerns about the further deterioration of human rights.
The latest report found that the top 10 Chinese companies in emotion recognition technology have “integrated multi-modal emotion recognition technology” that integrates voice and body. The report estimates the potential market size at more than $14.6 billion.
Ahmed believes that the Chinese Communist Party’s black technology may go out through the Belt and Road, and Southeast Asian countries are potential markets.
In addition, the latest report, in addition to combing Zhejiang Ningbo to provide “Alpha Eagle Eye System”, in the public security monitoring system “snow bright project” to play an important role, but also Shenzhen‘s Kestronics, Beijing wing open technology, Hangzhou Zhongwei Electronics, second to understand the emotion recognition Technology, RuiDu Technology, Shenzhen AnShiBao, Taikoo Computing, YunShiChuangZhi and LiWei, etc., all in different provinces and cities in public places, for the police to undertake the work of maintaining stability.
Ahmed described it as a recreation of the “Maple Bridge Experience” of Mao’s Time. In the digital age, the whistleblower is no longer a neighborhood woman, but a camera and software with emotion recognition technology.
Vidushi Marda, a senior researcher at Article19, said the company exporting emotion recognition technology to the Communist Party is a Dutch company that is eager to develop such technology. But in the long run, it is a frightening development that people may change the way they express their emotions without changing their surveillance environment.
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