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If AI takes over the insurance industry functions of analysis and underwriting, then scientific dictatorship is just one step away. In this case, IBM's Watson program is displacing 35 workers involved in paying insurance claims. The firm believes that “cognitive technology that can think like a human” and notes that it can “analyze and interpret all of your data, including unstructured text, images, audio and video”

Amazon CEO is a true Technocrat, seeking to automate away virtually every job within his company. Whereas automation used to assist humans in their work endeavors, now automation replaces the workers entirely.

The trickle-down effect of total surveillance makes it ok for retailers to use whatever means they can to drill down into customer privacy. The Technocrat mind will not make any moral argument to prevent it.