The swinish behavior currently exemplified by Harvey Weinstein is, sorry to say, a constant in history.

This is America, where every human problem has a technological fix. So let us appeal to the Titans of Silicon Valley. What advice would they give?

We should be careful what we wish for.

Perhaps they have been working on some amazing new digital tools that, if deployed correctly, could halt sexual misconduct in its tracks.

As it happens, this is exactly what the Titans have been doing. Nvidia is a world leader in “developing artificial intelligence systems that can take advantage of the more than one billion video cameras in cities to help manage everything from traffic congestion to parking.”

In short, deep learning allows a state-of-the-art surveillance camera to do much more than simply watch us walk down the street. Connected online to a phalanx of super-computers, it can also identify us, eavesdrop on our conversations, and sift through our entire digital footprint, all for the purpose of figuring out where we are headed—and why.

Read the full article on privacy and security by Martha Bayles at Hudson Institute