A group of researchers at Beijing Jiaotong University in China have developed and tested a ‘mind-reading’ device that will help implement the country’s policy of censoring porn, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported.
Watching porn is a crime in China, and the country has put in place several processes to scan the internet and social media platforms for explicit content and take it down. This includes the extensive use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) to flag content and also employing a large number of professional censors.
Called jian huang shi, or “porn appraiser,” these are positions held mostly by women who scour the photos and videos available on the internet in China. However, humans assigned to a task grow tired when doing it repeatedly, and fatigue throws up errors. Even A.I. algorithms can not pick all images, so some content still manages to slip unnoticed.
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