A look at a “smart city” project near Busan, as the South Korean government normalizes surveillance by repurposing its “smart city” systems to battle COVID-19
Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times : Tweets: @ideafaktory , @niklaskossow , @margotroosevelt , @timonpoint , @thorstenbenner , @latimes , and @vicjkim Tweets: Steve Faktor / @ideafaktory : 👆👆 Same goes for autonomous vehicles. Covid shows that ceding control to regulated, connected vehicles we likely don't own, creates leverage that can (and likely will) be used for compliance enforcement. #future #futurism https://twitter.com/... Niklas Kossow / @niklaskossow : “I'd hope humans are at the core, and technology is the dressing. It scares me to think humans may become the dressing.” - on the dangers of the loss of privacy in smart cities, fueled by the Covid-19 pandemic. https://www.latimes.com/... via @thorstenbenner Margot Roosevelt / @margotroosevelt : The creepy future of our lives surveilled by artificial intelligence is creepier than sci-fi. Using the pandemic to normalize AI surveillance. Astonishing story on the sacrifice of privacy by @vicjkim https://www.latimes.com/... @timonpoint : Liberty, freedom, privacy, once you give it away, it's gone forever. https://www.latimes.com/... Thorsten Benner / @thorstenbenner : When pandemic control meets smart cities: lessons from South Korea. https://twitter.com/... @latimes : A generation of children are being born into a digitally interconnected reality where big data and artificial intelligence will shape their existence long before they're old enough to contemplate notions of privacy or give consent. https://www.latimes.com/... Victoria Kim / @vicjkim : We'll be living with the lingering effects of COVID-19 for some time to come; what about the heightened surveillance and data collection instituted in the name of pandemic control? My latest, part of an @latimes series on the post-pandemic world: https://www.latimes.com/...