Facial recognition has arrived in school canteens.
The system reportedly speeds up the lengthy payment process and is more Covid-secure than using cards and fingerprint scanners.
Of course, these issues could have been resolved by making school lunches free.
But why invest in healthy meals for children when you might splurge on technosolutionism instead?
In fact, facial recognition could solve practically every social problem.
Here are just a few examples:
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But maybe people just need to toughen up a bit?
Facial recognition can put them on a path to stoicism.
Sure, emotion recognition AI can belaughably inaccurate, but the benefits clearly outweigh the risks.
Their lecturing and hypocrisy are only doing their cause harm.
Facial recognition can help them pursue their noble cause.
Undesirable activists could be identified and replaced by more suitable candidates, like the CEO of Chevron orJair Bolansero.
Politicians have tried myriad methods of ending poverty, from building welfare states to overthrowing governments.
But have they tried facial recognition?
The tech can tackle the problem at its roots.
AI cameras would scan the streets and identify poor children with sunken eyes and hollow cheeks.
The kids would then be whisked away to government facilities for rigorous rehabilitation.
These deployments should only be the start.
The pandemic, war, and inequality could also all be ended by facial recognition.
We just need to use our imaginations.
The good news is that future generations will be more open to the possibilities.
Story byThomas Macaulay
Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he e(show all)Thomas is the managing editor of TNW.
He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
