Another example: the online retailer JD.com offers a 3D fitting room so that shoppers can “try on” clothes on a personalized avatar in their image and likeness.
Shenzhen-based Intellifusion has developed high-definition cameras and artificial intelligence to identify traffic offenders , whether they're driving or walking. And augmented reality firm Xloong has created smart buy phone number list glasses that allow police to access real-time facial recognition, ID cards, and vehicle registration numbers.
At Hangzhou University, students verify their attendance at classes with verification codes via their mobile phones (which also send them reminders and notifications when they “skip” a class).
And Chinese companies (such as SenseTime and Megvii) are exporting their artificial intelligence applications to implement surveillance and control systems in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America.
It's a system that applies "punishments" and "rewards" to citizens and businesses based on their behavior, integrity, reliability , and level of compliance with regulations. There's no centralized system for assigning "credits," but rather a network of related apps that use different criteria. For example, in the "dormitory city" of Rongcheng (Shandong), points are recorded "manually" and are earned for helping to install a basketball hoop.
And if you lose "credit," you are punished . The "discredited" database managed by China's Supreme Court stores information on some 13 million Chinese who have "lost their confidence" and are unable, for example, to fly or ride high-speed trains.
This "social credit" system was launched in 2014, and the Chinese government claims it will be fully implemented by 2020. In my opinion, it's more a system of "individual control" than one of "recognition" of personal merit.
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