Microsoft Wants To Monitor Your Workplace With AI, Computer Vision and the Cloud (gizmodo.com)

"If you're an employee under the heel of a giant corporation you should probably be terrified by the vision of the future of connected gadgets that Microsoft just revealed at its Build developer conference here in Seattle," warns Gizmodo. Slashdot reader dryriver writes: Gizmodo reports on a Microsoft Workplace Monitoring demo where CCTV cameras watch a workplace -- like a construction site -- on 24/7 basis, and AI algorithms constantly oversee and evaluate what is happening in that workplace. The system can track where employees are, where physical equipment and tools are at what time, who does what at what time in this workplace and apparently use Cloud-based AI of some sort to evaluate what is happening in the workplace being monitored. Spotting employees misbehaving, breaking workplace rules or putting themselves and expensive equipment at risk may be the intended "value proposition" this system brings to the workplace. Another aspect may be reducing insurance premiums employers pay by creating a strict, highly monitored work environment. But the system is also very Big Brother -- an AI is monitoring people and equipment in a workplace in realtime at all times, and all the data ends up being processed in the Microsoft Cloud.
Gizmodo gave their article the title, "Microsoft's Latest Workplace Tech Demos Creep Me Out."

Comments

Re:Under the Thumb

[ScentCone]

No kidding! Just imagine how much worse it would be under Clinton! Really dodged a bullet, there.

Re:Under the Thumb

[Falconhell]

Yeh, dodged a bullet that was always a bunch of propaganda lies of the deluded right, by leaping into the line of fire from a true 30mm cannon, made in Russia.

Re:Under the Thumb

[ColdWetDog]

Yeah, everyone would probably be forced to wear red pantsuits.

The horror.