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Why It Matters

02:30 Min
Even as Facebook’s #10yearchallenge sparks concerns that the social media giant is mining data for facial recognition AI, China’s facial recognition systems are already a reality in everyday life. Why It Matters host Joshua Lim finds out how public restrooms use it to prevent people from taking too much toilet paper; and how jaywalkers are identified, then publicly shamed on a digital billboard.
Why It Matters

Why It Matters - S2: 3 ways China uses facial recognition

04 Nov 2018 03:13am
Even as Facebook’s #10yearchallenge sparks concerns that the social media giant is mining data for facial recognition AI, China’s facial recognition systems are already a reality in everyday life. Why It Matters host Joshua Lim finds out how public restrooms use it to prevent people from taking too much toilet paper; and how jaywalkers are identified, then publicly shamed on a digital billboard.

Why It Matters

About the show:

The future is here. And it’s getting more complicated.

To help make sense of it all, host Joshua Lim returns with a brand-new season of Why It Matters.

From cheating death, to imitating nature, to roaming the brave new world of the metaverse, our inquisitive host explores the emerging technologies and trends on the horizon that would transform our lives.

Join him as he helps us decode the future, and uncover what matters in our increasingly complex world and why it matters.

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