Microsoft President Warns 2024 Will Look Like Orwell’s ‘1984’ If We Don’t Stop AI Police State

Zubu Brothers ^ | 5-29-2021

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George Orwell’s dystopian vision written in his book “Nineteen Eighty-Four” could become a reality by 2024 as artificial intelligence technology becomes the all-seeing eye, a top Microsoft executive warned Thursday.

Microsoft President Brad Smith told BBC’s Panorama George Orwell’s 1984 “could come to pass in 2024” if government regulation doesn’t protect the public against intrusive artificial intelligence surveillance.

“I’m constantly reminded of George Orwell’s lessons in his book ‘1984.’ You know the fundamental story … was about a government who could see everything that everyone did and hear everything that everyone said all the time,” Smith said on BBC while chatting about China’s use of artificial intelligence to monitor its citizens.

“Well, that didn’t come to pass in 1984, but if we’re not careful, that could come to pass in 2024,” Smith continued.

“If we don’t enact the laws that will protect the public in the future, we are going to find the technology racing ahead, and it’s going to be very difficult to catch up.”

He warned that Orwell’s view of a government spying on its citizens around the clock is already a reality in some parts of the world.

Artificial intelligence-led totalitarianism, such as in China, has wiped away the freedoms of its citizens and transformed them into obedient members of the state. A social credit score keeps citizens in check.

To prevent such a dystopia in the West, lawmakers need to act now, explained Smith.

In 2019, the billionaire investor Peter Thiel insisted that artificial intelligence was “literally communist.”

He said artificial intelligence concentrates power to monitor citizens. These surveillance tools know more about a person than they know about themselves.

Artificial intelligence is a crucial tool for governments to adopt an Orwellian state of surveillance and control.

But can we trust lawmakers and “Big Tech” who want to consolidate power to prevent such a dystopia?

It’s hard to say, considering politicians have only one objective: stay in power.

Suppose we can’t trust politicians to protect our freedoms and interests; instead, they side with mega-corporations. In that case, we must raise our understanding of privacy shields that protect us from artificial intelligence spying on us.

[dynachrome]

“whether a person had or was going to steal something.

Isn’t shoplifting legal if you are black?

[dynachrome]

I prefer ‘transvaxxer’. Stop mis-vaxxing me!

[Enlightened1]

That guy is full of crap.

Microsoft sold out America long ago. Now he is pretending he cares.

[KarlInOhio]

Step one, switch from Windows to Linux.

I recently bought a new Windows computer and found that it had OneDrive tied to the default "my documents" folder, so everything I saved would be duplicated on Microsoft's servers (remember "cloud" = "someone else's computer"). I'm trying to unwind it now so that only things I explicitly copy to OneDrive go there.

[null and void]

I think I detect a bit of jealousy here.

Microsoft google, facebook, et al. want to be the ones in charge of the AI 1984, as opposed to governments. After all they're smarter than elected politicians and bureaucrats...

...but they ignore the fact that an all seeing, all knowing, all powerful AI will be a Colossus, a Guardian of the world, not the mere humans who are currently jonesing for all that power!

The government wants to disarm us after 245 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!

At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son

The biggest killer of mankind

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

[9YearLurker]

I agree insofar as we have a future.

And do you really wonder? Don’t you see the system as rolled out in China? They effectively have total control over their citizens.

Now, if they also want to keep pumping their Frankenvaccines into our veins, that comes in even more handy...

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They tell us what they’re up to by accusing others of their own behavior.

Every. Single. Time!

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So this ai stuff is selective. It can detect every day people doing normal stuff but can’t be used effectively to figure out who these antifa people are so law enforcement can find them?

Pretty much...

[metmom]

And that is what’s happening today.

The renaming is going on apace, and they are even changing our holidays on us and using COVID as the excuse.

[metmom]

Naturally vaccinated.

[PGalt]

on top of your good graphic is heaven...below it is hell. we are here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMAIsqvTh7g

thanks for the ping, nully.

[metmom]

The lefties who warn us about a police state will be bringing us into a police state, as Antifa is spreading fascism. Hillary warned us about people jeopardizing democracy by not accepting election results, knowing that the biggest election fraud in history was in the making. They tell us what they’re up to by accusing others of their own behavior.

Exactly!

[metmom]

And people are inviting it into their own homes with Alexa, Siri, and smart homes and smart appliances.

They are billed as making your life easier and more convenient but I highly doubt that was their true end goal.

[sport]

They [the FBI] can find them, Nully. They just don’t want to. The FBI and the Left play on and for the same team. To wit} the Left, A/K.A, the Democrat Party, A/K/A the Communists Party, A/K/A the Socialists. Not the Constitution and not the American People. Don’t let them fool you.

[PGalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRMf3wKBCPo

[PGalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13BahrdkMU8

[Monkey Face]

Does anyone hear HAL?

Dave? I don’t think that’s a good idea, Dave.

‘Face

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[blam]

"Satya Nadella is still the CEO of Microsoft, and is in charge."

I've read that the Indians in Silicon Valley are sliding into a 'class' society/system as exists in India.

We don't need that crap!

[blam]

"But can their AI tell the difference between the stress lines caused by someone about to steal something and the stress lines caused by being so aggravated that the person is just going to leave their cart full of stuff in front of the checkout line and just walk out of the store?"

I expect that it could.

[blam]

"Isn’t shoplifting legal if you are black?"

Apparently.

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