OK, I know this is blowing my own trumpet a bit but, frankly, this is getting desperate so maybe it’s time to take the gloves off and look at some of the emerging tech. ethics predictions I’ve made over the years and how they’re turning out …
Personal privacy:
- 2014: “A ‘Shazam for People’ recognition system will become available, able to identify anyone in the street and provide massive amounts of personal background information about them in real time” https://vicgrout.net/2014/08/20/shazam-for-people/ https://www.austinpublishinggroup.com/robotics-automation/fulltext/download.php?file=ajra-v1-id1001.pdf https://vicgrout.net/2015/08/23/the-prof-on-a-train-game/
- 2018 it’s starting: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5239767/The-Shazam-faces-99-67-accurate.html (sorry to cite the Daily Fascist) but also https://www.blippar.com/blog/2017/07/19/introducing-halos-bringing-facial-recognition-mainstream and https://vicgrout.net/2018/10/01/and-so-it-begins/
AI/Robot Sex:
- 2014 onwards: “AI will bring in a new generation of sex robots and it will be possible to simulate sex with any individual, even against their wishes: celebrities, ex-partners, people whose data you’ve captured in the street, your neighbour’s 12-year old daughter, etc. https://vicgrout.net/2014/11/10/the-ins-and-outs-of-robot-sex/ https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/robot-sex-ethics-and-morality-2090-9888-1000e104.php?aid=67397 https://www.shortlist.com/news/sex-robots-artificial-intelligence
- 2018 it’s happening: https://cloudclimax.co.uk/product/emma-the-sex-robot-tpe-with-full-artificial-intelligence/ https://vicgrout.net/2018/06/06/well-dont-say-you-werent-warned/
- 2019 it’s REALLY happening: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5yzpk/they-cant-stop-us-people-are-having-sex-with-3d-avatars-of-their-exes-and-celebrities?utm_source=vicetwitterus
Turing's Radiator 