China's New Surveillance Tech Monitors Workers’ Brainwaves

Is the dystopian future already here? Delve into some of China’s emotional surveillance and citizenship assessment technologies and find out whether Black Mirror is coming true.

A.I. Is Monitoring You Right Now and Here's How It's Using Your Data - https://youtu.be/KpybityrXfs

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Brain Imaging Technology Uses Machine Learning to Identify Suicidal Thoughts
https://www.seeker.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/brain-imaging-technology-uses-machine-learning-to-identify-suicidal-thoughts
“‘One of the components that is measurable is the presence of various emotions,’ Just said. ‘A classifier was able to distinguish between suicidal ideators and controls based on the how much of each emotion there was in the neural representation.’”

AI Interviewers Entice Reluctant Soldiers to Report PTSD Symptoms
https://www.seeker.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-interviewers-entice-reluctant-soldiers-to-report-ptsd-symptoms
“‘To most people, it might seem contradictory. You can only pick anonymity, or connectivity. But you can’t have both.’” Now, in the open-access journal Frontiers of Robotics and AI, Lucas and her colleagues describe a novel technique using artificially intelligent interviewers to close the gap between anonymity and personal rapport in identifying symptoms of PTSD.

A Pentagon Training Film Warns of Future Dystopian Cities
https://www.seeker.com/a-pentagon-training-film-warns-of-future-dystopian-cities-2087945400.html
“It's important to bear in mind that the video is made for a military audience and comes from those tasked with training tomorrow's soldiers. If it's scary, it's supposed to be.”

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