I’m talking about weaponizing it at scale and putting cameras everywhere and using AI to go with it. Sure, we can bring up America, past and present, but China is wayyyyy ahead on the dystopia on this score:
Automated systems to fine people for illegal parking and other driving infractions have been in the US and much of the west for decades. Also automated systems for scammers to send you fake tickets demanding you pay money because some police database must have been hacked.
I’m talking about weaponizing it at scale and putting cameras everywhere and using AI to go with it. Sure, we can bring up America, past and present, but China is wayyyyy ahead on the dystopia on this score:
https://political.org/2026/05/15/inside-chinas-total-surveillance-state-the-automated-enforcement-system-america-is-watching-closely/
Automated systems to fine people for illegal parking and other driving infractions have been in the US and much of the west for decades. Also automated systems for scammers to send you fake tickets demanding you pay money because some police database must have been hacked.