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Artificial Intelligence and Surveillance

Artificial intelligence (AI) has a profound impact on every institution in the country, emphasizing the need to address its implications. A presentation titled "AI and Our Future: How AI and Search Engine Algorithms Reinforce Oppression" shed light on the urgency of this issue.

Prior to the presentation, it was known that AI data centers extract water from low-income communities, placing a financial burden on residents, and that AI perpetuates exploitative digital media and faulty information.

However, it became clear that AI operates as a system of surveillance, gathering personal information, behaviors, and identities as data points to fuel larger structures of control.

AI carries a critical undertone that shapes every institution in the country, highlighting the urgency of addressing this issue.

Author's summary: AI surveillance gathers personal data to control individuals.

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