Chinese researchers have come up with new and elaborate ways to detect pornography for censorship purposes. Devices such as helmets can detect spikes in human brain wave patterns when a pornographic image is displayed on a watcher.
Pornography is illegal in China since the People’s Republic was founded in 1949, so censorship is a pretty big player if you haven’t noticed it yet. AI bots have been released on the web for some time to detect and flag vulgar images found. “Porn Appraiser” or jian huang shiThe majority of them are women, While it’s also in a position to help AI catch what it’s missing, much still slips through these barriers and is filtered by the masses hungry for pornography.
As a result, China is not happy with current censorship tactics.according to it Interesting engineering (Opens in a new tab)Brought South China Morning Post (Opens in a new tab) Articles that catch our attention (via Hackaday (Opens in a new tab)).
To improve and automate the censorship that is already taking place, researchers at Beijing Jiadong University “read the mind” that looks like a wire-covered shower cap to maximize the efficiency of current efforts. Developed a helmet. It can detect pornographic images with high accuracy and can also filter potentially harmful brain waves caused by emotional states, low energy levels, and random thoughts.
The survey participants consisted of 15 male volunteers aged 20 to 25 years.Homosexuality is legal, but still widely frowned in China (Opens in a new tab)).
Researchers note that this technology worked every time a participant was presented with a blatant image. However, it caused some false alarms. Researchers have blamed 80% accuracy for inadequate levels of training material.
These are expected to be tools that help pornologists work more effectively. Instead of clicking on hundreds of images a day and assigning either a pass or fail on a horny scale, you can quickly and continuously view a large number of images, and your computer will use EEG data for the rest of the processing. To do.
While it is certain that their process will be faster, there are concerns about what new invasive laws will emerge around EEG monitoring when using the web. Currently, there is no law prohibiting the use of such devices, and there is no law governing the types of data that devices can collect.
Orwell’s nightmare aside, in my theory, 80% accuracy of the device wasn’t due to an overly complex image or lack of training material. In order to comply with current pornographic consumption laws, participants were frankly related to the fact that they had to be shown censored images that would not have excited the enthusiastic bull. I think it’s.
It may have something to do with it.
