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Does stopping coronavirus require more surveillance?

Recode Daily

Recode

Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The cost of China’s high-tech response to contain the coronavirus. Featuring Rebecca Heilweil @rebeccaheilweil Timothy Grose @GroseTimothy Links Coronavirus is the first big test for futuristic tech that can prevent pandemics A surveillance net blankets China’s cities, giving police vast powers Host: Sigal Samuel @SigalSamuel About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

AI has the power to automate, but if it's using untrusted data, can you trust the results?

0:06.0

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0:10.0

Introducing WatsonX, a platform designed to multiply output by tailoring AI to your needs.

0:17.0

When you WatsonX your business, you can train, tune, and deploy AI all with your trusted data.

0:22.0

Let's create the right AI for your business with WatsonX.

0:25.0

Learn more at IBM.com slash WatsonX.

0:28.0

IBM, let's create. I'm a

0:35.0

Hi, this is Reset and I'm Siegel Samuel filling in for Ariel Jim Ross.

0:42.0

I'm a staff writer for Vox and I focus on technology and artificial

0:46.2

intelligence and how they affect vulnerable populations for better and worse. Today we're going to talk about how tech is being used

0:54.7

to monitor and treat the coronavirus outbreak

0:57.8

where it all began in China.

1:00.5

China's response to the virus has been very techie.

1:04.0

They've used robots that disinfect hospital rooms,

1:07.0

drones that yell at you if you're not wearing a mask,

1:10.0

facial recognition cameras that tip off police that you might have a fever.

1:15.0

This sort of tech could help minimize the risks of a pandemic,

1:20.0

and even if it costs people their privacy,

1:23.0

maybe that's okay if it lets them keep something more valuable,

1:27.0

their lives, right?

1:31.0

But what happens after the coronavirus panic ends?

1:34.0

Will invasive surveillance technologies just be packed away?

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