Rich transhumans, many of whom are associated with Silicon Valley and Big Tech, fully expect that gene editing will take over the process of evolution, allowing them to design humanity 2.0. They are wrong, but that won't hinder their efforts.
All of China's 1.4 billion citizens are enrolled in its facial recognition and Social Credit System, resulting in 13 million being blacklisted; as a result, China is bragging that it has 'restored morality'.
Massive nationwide study in 2006 reveals that thirty-six percent of Americans are in a facial recognition database, and the number is growing rapidly. Law enforcement is mostly unregulated and agencies are free to drift toward a police state reality.
The entire health care industry has been disrupted from top to bottom by Technocrats who believe that their AI programs know better how to treat you than your own doctor.
Along the way to becoming the richest person on earth, Jeff Bezos has certifiably lost touch with reality. After dominating earth, his latest vision is to put one trillion humans in space in floating cylinders.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is dominating the Democrat 2020 presidential race with her radical "Green New Deal" rhetoric. As she charges candidate Joe Biden with being too middle-of-the-road on global warming, Biden immediately defends
While Amazon seeks to obsolete human labor in its distribution business, its next target is delivery of those packages and the establishment of a massive network of 'independent' businesses. Is there any money in driving? Just ask an Uber or Lyft driver!
When insurance companies, HMOs, medicare, etc., implement this technology, patients will see rampant discrimination based on their AI health score; after all, who would sell a life insurance policy to someone who is going to die soon?
The 1934 Technocracy Study Course (p. 244) proposed a "network of garages at convenient places all over the country from which automobiles could be had at any hour of the night or day. No automobiles would be privately owned. When one wished to use an automobile he would merely call at the garage."
Threat analysis and decisions will be made autonomously, notifying border patrol agents; however, this is a slippery slope that could all too easily be inducted into broad law enforcement practices.