AI Surveillance and Social Progress

AI-powered surveillance systems will track public and private activities, enforcing rules with real-time alerts and fines. This has profound chilling effects on personal freedoms, democracy, and social progress. China has already deployed such systems, and similar experiments are underway in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The US Department of Homeland Security is rapidly increasing its use of AI-based surveillance. The real aim is often social control, not security or public safety.