alt Hacker NewsMy best guess would be
[[Surveillance cameras normalize/denormalize behavior in a way that is easily biased and undemocratic.]]
It might e.g. direct the full force of law against a drunk urinating on a tree (easy to spot/classify), while tolerating vicious verbal attacks disguised by somewhat subdued body language (missing data/difficult to detect).
Letting automated surveillance systems judge people will inevitably influence our own collective judgement.
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> tolerating vicious verbal attacks disguised by somewhat subdued body language (missing data/difficult to detect).
Almost all of these cameras have microphones as well. Not as difficult to detect as you may believe
Seems like a fundamental problem if we dont want the laws we passed to be enforced.
> tolerating vicious verbal attacks disguised by somewhat subdued body language
Two people arguing in public, words only, is close to a legal non-event in the US. So I would hope so?