The document discusses China's planned Social Credit System which aims to standardize assessments of citizens' economic and social reputation through a single social credit score for each individual and business. It will use mass surveillance and AI to monitor citizens' behavior and actions. The system is intended to incentivize trustworthy behavior through rewards like financial services and government benefits, while penalizing untrustworthy actions like taking public transportation if one's score is too low. However, it raises ethical issues around privacy, social control, and unfair treatment of those who do not meet the system's standards.
The document discusses China's planned Social Credit System which aims to standardize assessments of citizens' economic and social reputation through a single social credit score for each individual and business. It will use mass surveillance and AI to monitor citizens' behavior and actions. The system is intended to incentivize trustworthy behavior through rewards like financial services and government benefits, while penalizing untrustworthy actions like taking public transportation if one's score is too low. However, it raises ethical issues around privacy, social control, and unfair treatment of those who do not meet the system's standards.
The document discusses China's planned Social Credit System which aims to standardize assessments of citizens' economic and social reputation through a single social credit score for each individual and business. It will use mass surveillance and AI to monitor citizens' behavior and actions. The system is intended to incentivize trustworthy behavior through rewards like financial services and government benefits, while penalizing untrustworthy actions like taking public transportation if one's score is too low. However, it raises ethical issues around privacy, social control, and unfair treatment of those who do not meet the system's standards.
The document discusses China's planned Social Credit System which aims to standardize assessments of citizens' economic and social reputation through a single social credit score for each individual and business. It will use mass surveillance and AI to monitor citizens' behavior and actions. The system is intended to incentivize trustworthy behavior through rewards like financial services and government benefits, while penalizing untrustworthy actions like taking public transportation if one's score is too low. However, it raises ethical issues around privacy, social control, and unfair treatment of those who do not meet the system's standards.
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SCORE
POINTS? LEVEL UP? GAIN WHAT IS THE SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM?
A national reputation system being
developed by the Chinese government which is planned to be made mandatory and publicly available by 2020 aiming to standardize the assessment of economic and social reputation, or SOCIAL CREDIT. WHAT IS THE SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM?
The Social Credit System will be
one unified system and a single system-wide social credit score for each citizen and business. China will use AI, and implement mass surveillance powered by 200 million CCTV cameras which will report events of various sizes. WHY WAS IT CREATED? “TRUST- KEEPING IS INSUFFICIENTLY REWARDED; THE COSTS OF BREAKING TRUST TEND TO BE LOW” WHY WAS IT CREATED? E-COMMERCE EXHIBITIONS AND ADVERTISING FINANCIAL SERVICES INTERMEDIATE SERVICES SECTOR GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS LOGISTICS SECTOR PRICING PRODUCTION STATISTICS TAXATION TENDERING AND BIDDING PROJECT CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION HOW DOES IT WORK?
This particular government system will be
countrywide with businesses given a “unified social credit code” and citizens an “identity number”, all linked to permanent record. HOW DOES IT WORK? Social Credit Ranking Authorities make deductions for bad behavior and add points for good behavior. HOW DOES IT WORK?
Getting caught or being reported
are few of the ways to determine who does what, as well as using facial recognition to capture guilty individuals though not all cities are so automated. ADVANTAGES VS DISADVANTAGES However, it can be said that political positions are Being a participant with a high dangerous in the score in the said Social Credit implementation, primarily System allows for numerous because of their authority to privileges as shown in the blacklist people— regardless picture— simply, if you do good, of who they were. Liu Hu, a even better things also await. reporter, is one such example. ADVANTAGES VS DISADVANTAGES A downside however, is that the publicity/transparency and A few more advantages of the game-like structure of said SCS SCS is that good deeds done still gives way for ostracism by people are publicly shown towards people who do not and recognized. They are reach the accepted standard laid entitled with a good life ahead down by the system— an of them and a position high adverse effect towards social up in the social ladder. relationships among the masses. EMERGING ETHICAL DILEMMAS:
-CONFORMITY VS COERCION -TRANSPARENCY VS TRAFFICKING -PROFILING-BASED PRIVILEGES FACTORS/EVENTS
-HOW THE SCORING ALGORITHM IS DEFINED
-UNINTENDED INCENTIVE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO USE UNDERGROUND MEANS TO IMPROVE THEIR SCORE SOCIAL IMPLICATION:
-BIAS/IMPARTIALITY AMONG SOCIETY;
DIVISION OF COMMUNITY BETWEEN PRIVILEGED AND NON-PRIVELEGED -RISKING PRIVACY/DATA PROTECTION -ACHIEVE REFORMATION QUESTIONING MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES
UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH INNOVATIONS
AFFECT SOCIETAL STANDARDS OR PEOPLE’S OWN BELIEFS AND MAKE IT SO THAT FURTHER INNOVATIONS CAN BE ENHANCED WHILE CONFORMING WITH MORALITY/ETHICS IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING STS:
Bombshell - Rod Class Gets FOURTH Administrative Ruling Government Offices Are Vacant - All Government Officials Are Private Contractors Public Notice/Public Record