Is China’s corruption-busting AI being turned off for being too efficient?
I would say that it&#x27;s far more likely that the system simply never worked properly. The amount of non-functional so-called &quot;AI&quot; features you find in China is astounding. A friend&#x27;s apartment building got the latest facial-recognition door lock - which will open the door if you hold up his Facebook photo on your phone. Just the other day, my wife found out by accident that her friend&#x27;s Huawei phone will unlock for her using its version of Face ID. They have similar facial structure but really look nothing alike. China is amazingly good at many things, but _genuine_ technological innovation is not something I&#x27;ve seen in my time here.<p>No doubt this corruption-busting &quot;AI&quot; was developed by companies and people with deep connections to the relevant Party members, but little of the necessary experience or resources to actually carry out the project successfully. When it became clear that it didn&#x27;t work and would never work, this story was a way to allow the responsible people to save face.