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		logfromblammo on April 13, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chinese police use facial recognition tech to arre... The surveillance AI knows nothing of the difference between malum in se (crime!) and malum prohibitum ("crime"). The pamphleteer protesting local corruption and the strongarm robber are caught in the same trap.

root_axis on April 13, 2018 [–]

> The surveillance AI knows nothing of the difference between malum in se (crime!) and malum prohibitum ("crime")

And for the humans in charge of the AI there is no such distinction so the AI is working as intended.

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