AI reads faces and thoughts?

Image recognition already deciphers our minute physical expressions to interpret emotions. Soon, it will project our inner thoughts and unexpressed needs.

This leap will transform communication with those who cannot speak, offering previously inaccessible insights—from understanding a pet’s feelings to interpreting a baby’s cry or connecting with someone paralyzed and unable to express themselves.

These advantages come with innumerable risks. How do we maintain individual independence if each of us can be read like a book?

While some will demand privacy protections, others will call for governments to punish “offensive” thoughts.

A 2021 global study asked if governments should restrict offensive statements against personal religion or beliefs. 73% answered yes in Turkey, 37% in France, and 47% in Germany.

People want freedom of speech for themselves but not for others. In AGI-monitored dictatorships, individuals won’t need to inform on each other; our own data will do the snitching.

Will we self-censor our thoughts and words knowing they could be used against us? Could we one day be judged guilty for merely thinking—for the probability we might act on our thoughts?