China's Dystopian Social Credit System

I'm sort of terrified that democracy, individualism, and freedom might die within the span of a decade or two, with the advent of AI and its abuse by those in power. China will likely also use and leverage this system to monitor and influence external governments and individuals. And I wonder what the spillover of that will be?

Its like reading 1984. But now its happening.<p>I hope the democracies come together to fight this. We have taken our freedoms for granted. I think we will now have to earn them. We should not forget that modern democracy is just a couple of hundred years old. It is not a given that they will always be around.

Every time this topic comes up, I think of Nosedive (Black Mirror S3E1 [1]), and wonder how anyone can think this will end well.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Nosedive_(Black_Mirror)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Nosedive_(Black_Mirror)</a>

Meh. I think it will be a net positive imo. Will help in socially engineering a more peaceful country.<p>As a group it will be good. For an individual it will suck. We all know how difficult it is to change ourselves.<p>Most foreseeable change I can see is that Chinese tourists being seen as nicer and more friendly as the rude ones with low social scores won’t be able to get a visa.

Human made video game &quot;The Sims&quot;, now we have officially reversed it and turn ourselves into those game characters. The AI is now shaping our behaviors and dictating what we buy, eat, and drink. The scores are even live and updated in real time. Well done human, you have played yourself.

it&#x27;s interesting there aren&#x27;t alot of comments in this thread.