Unsurprisingly they've wanted it since the 60s, when all those punks and liberal-commie started protesting their criminal and imperialist bullshit. It boomed in the 80s and 90s because they thought the tech had caught up but they forgot to account for the number of people needed to watch an entire nation 24/7. Their newest solution is ai of course, but it's going to be 'dog/bread/dog/bread/do-zzt' over everything.
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Politicians in the US and UK want a mass digital surveillance and censorship regime that feeds directly into law enforcement. -
"Is there a technology the left is excited about?!"@gwynnion
Also biotech and medtech has made some major discoveries and interesting steps forward in treatments, prosthetics, and disease prevention. -
There is a short story called "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson.@gwynnion
An aside: it's also why I never understood people's (>cough< chris >cough<) adoration for the Silence from Dr. Who. Derivative and lacked the actual cut to the vitals the story (and movie) had. -
The fun history of how when body cams were introduced and cops didn't know how they worked, they ended up recording themselves planting evidence on a regular basis.@gwynnion
cops - most powerful criminal empire in the US.