Sunday, February 20, 2022

China's high-tech repression of Uyghurs is more sinister – and lucrative – than it seems, anthropologist says

Checkpoint in Xinjiang

Anthropologist Darren Byler sees a confluence in Xinjiang province in China of constant surveillance, state data harvesting and private companies driven by profit. How does this apply to the global race for supremacy in artificial intelligence?



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/china-s-high-tech-repression-of-uyghurs-is-more-sinister-and-lucrative-than-it-seems-anthropologist-says-1.6352535?cmp=rss

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