def.Surveillance

On Privacy and Surveillance

THIS PROJECT BRINGS TOGETHER SCREENSHOT PHOTOS OF PEOPLE CAUGHT DURING STREET SURVEILLANCE THROUGH THE GOOGLE EARTH STREET MAPS PROJECT, THEN THE IMAGE WAS TREATED THROUGH THE ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE SITE DREAMWEAVER’S DREAM GENERATOR FUNCTION

1.BASE IMAGE FROM GOOGLE STREET MAPS

2. TEXT PROMPT USED TO INSTRUCT THE AI WAS THE DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF SURVEILLANCE FROM THE WEBSTER COLLINS DICTIONARY WEBSITE

3. THE IMAGE GENERATED IS A COLLAGE OF HOW THE AI COLLECTIVELY PERCEIVES THE DEFINITION OF SURVEILLANCE FED TO IT UPON THE IMAGE, WHICH I THINK REFLECTS A COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OR FEELING OF HOW THE HUMAN RACE VIEWS SUCH BEHAVIOR ON A MASS SCALE. I THINK IT ALSO SYMBOLIZES THAT HOW WE AS CONSUMERS NEED TO BE BETTER STEWARDS OF OUR INFORMATION AND NOT GIVE IT AWAY FREELY, IF WE IGNORE THE PROBLEMS OF MASS SURVEILLANCE, I THINK THAT MAKES US APART OF THE PROBLEM. MASS SURVEILLANCE DOES NOT JUST COME IN THE FORM OF VIDEO CAMERAS OR PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN WITHOUT CONSENT BY LARGE CORPORATE ENTITIES BUT ALSO DATA COLLECTION OF USER BEHAVIOR WHETHER THAT BE CONTENT YOU AND I CREATE, THINGS WE BUY OR THINGS WE LIKE ONLINE. ALL OF THIS IS SURVEILLED IN THE WORLD OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY.