Chinese AI can assess party members' allegiance.
According to The Sunday Times UK, researchers at China's Comprehensive National Science Center in Hefei claimed to have developed "mind-reading" artificial intelligence capable of measuring citizens' loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
As per The Times, the institution said in a now-deleted video and article that the software could analyze party members' responses to "thought and political instruction" by studying facial expressions and brain waves.
As shown in the report, the findings can be used to "further solidify their confidence and determination to be grateful to the party, listen to the party, and follow the party."
According to the VOA article published Saturday, the post was removed after a public outcry from Chinese citizens. Dr. Lance B. Eliot, an AI and machine learning expert, wrote in Forbes last week that it is impossible to prove the institute's claims without knowing the specifics of the research study.
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"This is by no means the first time a brainwave scan capability has been employed on human individuals in a study endeavor," he stated. "However, utilizing them to assess allegiance to the CCP is not something that receives much attention. When such AI is utilized to manipulate governments, a boundary is crossed."
As previously reported by Insider, the US Department of Commerce sanctioned many Chinese institutions late last year for assisting in the development of biotechnology, including "purported brain-control weapons."
The Chinese government has been chastised for utilizing artificial intelligence and face recognition technology to monitor and regulateUighurs, an ethnic minority group. According to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Chinese Communist Party has incarcerated between 1 million and 3 million Uighurs in "reeducation centers."
"The scientific exploration of biotechnology and medical innovation might even save lives," stated Gina M. Raimondo, US Secretary of Commerce, in a news statement announcing the penalties.
"Unfortunately,
the [People's Republic of China] has chosen to employ this technology to
maintain control over its citizens and suppress members of ethnic and religious
minorities."