In China, artificial intelligence could influence the fate of people in the future. An institute has developed an AI to analyze people’s loyalty to the country’s Communist Party. This must be recognized, among other things, by the face.

China: Artificial intelligence to recognize party loyalty

It sounds like a description of George Orwell’s dystopian classic “1984”: according to media reports, researchers at the National Comprehensive Science Center in Hefei have come up with an artificial intelligence that is completely serving the ruling Chinese Communist Party supports It is said that the AI ​​can read facial expressions about the relationship between people and the unified party.

The system, described as “intelligent ideology” with “emotionally intelligent computing,” is also intended to analyze EEG measurements and skin conductivity, much like controversial lie detectors. According to the researchers, it can be seen from the result whether the tested person “thanks to the party”. It is also supposed to be possible to determine if he obeys the demands of the party and follows the leadership (source: Radio Free Asia).

If the result is negative from the point of view of the party, then people could prescribe a “political education”.. According to reports from human rights organizations, China already has re-education camps where people with characteristics not desired by the state are housed.

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The Hefei National Comprehensive Science Center published the results of its work on the Chinese Weibo network in late June. A short time later they were The article and accompanying video disappeared again.. Even before the removal, Radio Free Asia was able to make a copy and translate the text into English.