Canon In China: AI Cameras Only Let Smiling Workers Inside

Technocracy defined itself as the “science of social engineering” and Canon in China fits perfectly by demanding that employees smile to gain access into offices and conference rooms. This article properly calls this manipulation trend “modern-day Taylorism”. ⁃ TN EditorTech company Canon has come up with a downright dystopic way to tackle the problem of workplace morale: it’s installed cameras with AI-enabled “smile recognition” technology in the