From @BBCWorld: A camera system that uses AI and facial recognition technologies intended to reveal a person's state of emotion has allegedly been tested on #Uyghurs. bbc.com/news/technolog…
"A software engineer claimed to have installed such systems in police stations in the province. A human rights advocate who was shown the evidence described it as shocking."
"The Chinese government use Uyghurs as test subjects for various experiments just like rats are used in laboratories," he said.
And he outlined his role in installing the cameras in police stations in the province: "We placed the emotion detection camera 3m from the subject. It is similar to a lie detector but far more advanced technology."
He said officers used "restraint chairs" which are widely installed in police stations across China. "Your wrists are locked in place by metal restraints, and [the] same applies to your ankles."
He provided evidence of how the AI system is trained to detect and analyse even minute changes in facial expressions and skin pores. According to his claims, the software creates a pie chart, with the red segment representing a negative or anxious state of mind.
"It is shocking material. It's not just that people are being reduced to a pie chart, it's people who are in highly coercive circumstances, under enormous pressure, being understandably nervous ...
... and that's taken as an indication of guilt, and I think, that's deeply problematic," said @SophieHRW.
@dtbyler said #Uyghurs routinely have to provide DNA samples to local officials, undergo digital scans and most have to download a government phone app, which gathers data including contact lists and text messages.
Uyghur life is now about generating data," he said.
"Everyone knows that the smartphone is something you have to carry with you, and if you don't carry it you can be detained, they know that you're being tracked by it. And they feel like there's no escape," he said.
"Everyone knows that the smartphone is something you have to carry with you, and if you don't carry it you can be detained, they know that you're being tracked by it. And they feel like there's no escape," he said.
"The system is gathering information about dozens of different kinds of perfectly legal behaviours including things like whether people were going out the back door instead of the front door, whether they were putting gas in a car that didn't belong to them," said Sophie.
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