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Posted4 months ago
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Sounds like something out of Black Mirror to me.
An electric shock could be delivered to stop crimes from occurring.
The headset could give real-time advice to the criminal via AR to discourage bad behavior.
It can also prevent crimes from occurring by delivering electric shocks and calling the police.
How so? I think I'm not understanding the proposition.
> It can also prevent crimes from occurring by delivering electric shocks and calling the police.
So could ankle monitors.
It could automatically detect bad/criminal behavior that is about to occur and react accordingly.
Ankle monitors can't do that.
But AR system or something short of that, it can't replace imprisoning everybody because it can't stop instantaneous wrongdoing such as many kinds of homicide.
Home confinement seems like it would be equally as effective as this sort of thing (and arguably less cruel), without burning all that cash or invading the privacy of all the people the criminal may get near.
You're talking about monitoring them and their surroundings. Pure police state infiltration of their environment.
Meta would probably also lobby against this as it would associate anyone using AR with being felons. People would start actively looking for the glasses. This could lead to violence or at very least Wifi and Bluetooth jammers becoming socially acceptable regardless of legality.
I could however see a middle ground. Put them in a pod (The Matrix) that uses AR and some form of mind / muscle stimulation to keep them from going crazy. It would be something like the show Altered Carbon or The Matrix except that they would be mostly conscious. They could live in virtual worlds that help them function in society and learn new skills. When they revert to violence no real people get hurt. Or if they choose, they could just keep hurting people in the virtual world and that would be fine. They could be utilized later when required for war. Their combat skills could be greatly enhanced. The system could determine when they may be safe to release. We might be in a pod right now.
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