The Practical Nomad blog: Is Silicon Valley building the infrastructure for a police state? Yes, it is.

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Is Silicon Valley building the infrastructure for a police state? Yes, it is.

I was interviewed by Reason.TV for their latest report, Is Silicon Valley Building the Infrastructure for a Police State? New AI tools could empower the government to violate our civil liberties.

If you have ten minutes to watch the video, it's a good introduction to some of the issues I've been working on for the Identity Project including Palantir, pre-crime policing, automated decision-making and control ("extreme vetting"), and the homeland-security industrial complex.

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