Snowden: AI Plus Coronavirus Is ‘Turnkey To Tyranny’

Technocrat-minded surveillance companies are ‘in the zone’ with governments more willing than ever to buy their AI and surveillance technologies. Once embedded into society, they will be used against citizens long after the coronavirus has subsided. ⁃ TN EditorGovernments around the world are using high-tech surveillance measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak. But are they worth it?
Edward Snowden doesn’t think so.
The former CIA contractor, whose leaks exposed the s