Even machines created by Asians are racists towards Asians.

Ok check this out.

We all know how powerful and mature AI is getting.

I mean, just look at Dall.e and Tesla’s autopilot.

AI, advanced machine learning, eye-recognition camera tech has gone to the point where they can detect if you are falling asleep in your own car!

I first came across this idea years ago when I was visiting Port Authority of Singapore’s accelerator program.

They were testbedding a new kind of camera installed in the interior of their forklifts and prime movers.

It was meant to constantly monitor and scan the driver’s eyes to see if they were drowsy or distracted.

At that time, it was early days and it sounded really smart.

Drivers were working long hours and it was unsafe for everyone if the drivers were sleepy and prone to mistakes.

On hindsight, perhaps better scheduling hours, more breaks and enforcing proper rests should be implemented first.

In any case, this application, let’s call it drowsiness tech, is being used in modern cars in China.

Basically if you own an XPeng car, it monitors your “sleepiness” and awards you with penalty points.

“It works much like a driving license, except that there are no legal consequences and XPeng resets the points to 100 every 12 months, although should a driver’s points fall to zero, they have to take a safety test to have their 100-tally restored.”

GREAT.

Now even your car monitors if you are sleepy and penalises you for it.

It makes sense, drivers are held accountable, roads are safer, less accidents occur and everyone is happy.

But funnily, chinese drivers are complaining that the camera tech is not optimised for “asian eyes”.

Because asians generally have very small openings in the eyes, the computer mistakes them as closed and registers it as sleepy/drowsy, penalising them wrongly.

Its pretty hilarious.

Even machines created by Asians are racists towards Asians.

All that said, its cool, but the idea of having the computer or car punishing you for errors is just funny.

Well, at least it was funny, until you start realising that it is actually quite scary and authoritarian.

Are we part of a surveillance state now?

Your parents can’t watch you but Elon, the government and the car can!

The computer essentially knows everything from your driving tendencies, habits, mileage, location history, how you like your interior climate controls and now, even how restful your body is!

It is a powerful addition to our lives and I am sure it was done with the best intention.

If it contributes to making the roads safer, I am all for it.

Perhaps Elon is right, the greatest danger to mankind in the future is AI.

Let’s just hope we know where to draw the line and when we are faced with that decision, that we are able to act on it.

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