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China is Now Monitoring Employees' Brainwaves and Emotions (fastcompany.com)
From a report: The Orwellian-as-all-get-out practice is being conducted using "emotional surveillance technology" by both businesses in China and the country's military, reports the South China Morning Post. The tech uses small wireless sensors embedded in employees' hats that can monitor brainwaves. That brainwave data is then analyzed by AI to tell when an employee is tired, anxious, or even full of rage. One company using the brain-monitoring tech says profits have increased by $315 million since rolling it out way back in 2014. Other uses of the tech include monitoring drivers of trains to tell if they've fallen asleep or are at risk of doing so. It's important to note the technology cannot read people's thoughts.
We barely understand how emotions work and now we want to monitor emotions in people who have every reason to hide them?
Good luck...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
It's important to note the technology cannot read people's thoughts.
YET!
They made fun of me decades ago, but who's got the last laugh now!
Probably because the biggest Chinese corporations are in fact state run...
What I don't understand is why idiots seem to forget that China is still a totalitarian regime with no real concept of human rights. Slather as much lipstick on that pig as you like, its still a place where if you don't show proper deference to the ruling party you can end up in prison or worse. Heck the forced abortions only stopped in 2k13 and we kinda take their word for it they really have stopped.
Repeal the 17th Amendment TODAY! Also Please Read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
Their publicly disclosed net income went from about $130 million in 2014 to $160 million in 2016 and then dropped considerably to about $65 million in 2017? Couldn't possibly be exaggerating or just plain lying right?
That might be a great idea if 100% of the people are required all to use the device except for Trump. He has no brain waves to study at all.
This is what L. Bob Reif was after in snowcrash, I'm not sure I want to live in this future
~corporate tool, but employed~
Last I checked both sides lie to further their agenda.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Lets not confuse a dripping tap with Niagara Falls.
Those of you not aware of the Chinese 16-Character Policy probably should be...
I have a "Zero Policy" tolerance.
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Which side supports free speech rights
The side that doesn't throw a riot when a speaker comes to campus?
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
More fun than tinfoil, put it in cat ears!
China Uses Pseudoscience as Excuse to Punish Employees
if only we could find a way to ensure it was deployed by trustworthy people with adequate safeguards against misuse
Said of every privacy invasive technology ever invented. It has not happened yet. I don't see any evidence whatsoever from any time in history that something privacy invasive has not employed in an abusive fashion at relatively high frequency. I have not even see much evidence to suggest measures to address the abuse after the fact really put an end to it; except in very small examples either geographically or in narrowness of rule. Take HIPPA for example. I do pen-testing - medical industry pretty often - I get PII Medical data almost all the time. Its not safe - even if they follow the rules because the rules are so watered down and their is little real accountability; no matter what the law supposedly is.
I hate to play the role of the Luddite but all the evidence is people just can't be trusted with things like this.
Repeal the 17th Amendment TODAY! Also Please Read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
"I was just reading an article on the BBC about a row over "cultural appropriation" because a girl wore a chinese style dress."
Don't you know, that the new political correctness.
It's also in the movie business, only real Indians can play Indians, only Africans can play Africans and I guess for SF it will soon mean that only Martians can play Martians.