Remarkableriots Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/social-credit-system-coming-to-china-with-citizens-scored-on-behavior-59458117685 Quote A social credit system will go into effect next year across China, where every citizen will be scored based on their behavior. Good actions, like volunteering, and bad, like littering, are tracked using algorithms, artificial intelligence and facial recognition — and there are real consequences for a high or low score. https://nypost.com/2019/05/18/chinas-new-social-credit-system-turns-orwells-1984-into-reality/ Quote Say you arrive at the Beijing airport, intending to catch a flight to Canton 1,200 miles south. The clerk at the ticket counter turns you away because — you guessed it — your social credit score is too low. Not only are you publicly humiliated in the ticket line, you are then forced to travel by slow train. What should have been a three-hour flight becomes a 30-hour, stop-and-go nightmare. All because the government has declared you untrustworthy. Perhaps you defaulted on a loan, made the mistake of criticizing some government policy online or just spent too much time playing video games on the internet. All of these actions, and many more, can cause your score to plummet, forcing citizens onto the most dreaded rung on China’s deadbeat caste system, the laolai. And the punishments are shocking. The government algorithm will go as far as to install an “embarrassing” ring tone on the phones of laolai, shaming them every time they get a call in public. But an embarrassing ring tone, flight bans and slow trains are just the beginning of the dystopian nightmare that is now daily life in China for tens of millions of people. A low social credit score will exclude you from well-paid jobs, make it impossible for you to get a house or a car loan or even book a hotel room. The government will slow down your internet connection, ban your children from attending private schools and even post your profile on a public blacklist for all to see. We need a similar system here imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mclumber1 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 15 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said: https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/social-credit-system-coming-to-china-with-citizens-scored-on-behavior-59458117685 https://nypost.com/2019/05/18/chinas-new-social-credit-system-turns-orwells-1984-into-reality/ We need a similar system here imo. I propose we use Schrute Bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkness35 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 A country's gotta make a new slave population somehow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 2 hours ago, darkness35 said: A country's gotta make a new slave population somehow! Mexicans do that for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkness35 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 39 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said: Mexicans do that for us. It ain't illegal if you do it to your own people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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