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Smart Neighborhood. Public Safety Drones. Real Safety, or the beginnings of Smart City Open-air Prisons?

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Yesterday, I noticed a story about a senior apartment complex in south Seattle, that was being renovated into a "Smart Neighborhood". This apartment complex has been around since the 1960s, and it started out as a "low-income" complex. We all know that those "low-income" apartments always suffer from lack of maintenance and that upgrades are …

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Statement on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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RushBabe49 is the sole owner of Calling-all-Rushbabes. As the sole owner, I hereby declare that NO Artificial Intelligence is or will be used in the production of posts on this blog by myself. Nor will I post any AI-created or enhanced photos on this blog. I am aware that many meme-makers employ AI in the …

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Beware! That person walking down the street in the heavy-looking glasses might be stealing your data!

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Crime and Punishment, Culture, Economics, government, Law and Justice, Media and the Internet, Media bias, Random Musings About Life, Science and research, social media, technologyLeave a comment

This story from today is alarming. Your entire life might be on-screen in Kenya, totally unbeknownst to you at all. And the glasses themselves might even be dangerous to its own users! If you thought Mark Zuckerberg and his AI systems were intrusive and even malevolent, you haven't even seen the worst yet. I am …

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