China& #39;s big data AI police surveillance can "search 100 million photos in a second ... its computers [can] connect to 10,000 video feeds and analyze 1,000 simultaneously, using artificial intelligence." Wake up, people. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/technology/china-intel-nvidia-xinjiang.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/2...
China’s Surveillance State Sucks Up Data. U.S. Tech Is Key to Sorting It.

Intel and Nvidia chips power a supercomputing center that tracks people in a place where government suppresses minorities, raising questions about the tech industry’s responsibility.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/technology/china-intel-nvidia-xinjiang.html
“cloud computing, big data, deep learning ... intelligent video analysis engine can integrate police data ... from video footage, Wi-Fi hot spots, checkpoint information, and facial recognition analysis to support” the Chinese police, - Sugon, Chinese tech company in 2018
"On the occasion of a visit by local Communist Party leaders [it was revealed] that the computers had & #39;upgraded the thinking from after-the-fact tracking to before-the-fact predictive policing.& #39; ... predictive policing often serves as shorthand for pre-emptive arrests ..." -NYT
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