The March of Algorithms
The following news appeared in Times of India (
06 July , 2016 ) :
In a bid to improve the quality of data service
for Indian mobile users, telecom regulator Trai has launched an application to help
consumers check real-time internet speed on their handsets and report the same
to the regulator.
" Through the application (Trai Myspeed app), we will get real-time data from customers. This will be put on Trai Analytics Portal. It will show mobile data speed of each operator in a given area on a real-time basis," Trai chairman R S Sharma said here.
" Through the application (Trai Myspeed app), we will get real-time data from customers. This will be put on Trai Analytics Portal. It will show mobile data speed of each operator in a given area on a real-time basis," Trai chairman R S Sharma said here.
Remember , what George Orville predicted in his
book , " 1984 " ?
No matter where you go , the BIG BROTHER ( the
Establishment ) will be watching you - and will know exactly, what you are
doing / saying , through ubiquitous CCTV cameras
This prediction is gradually being realized in
a few cities of the World - with still , a long way to go
But can you believe that the arrival of
TraiMyspeed App , opens up the possibility of eliminating the scourge of BLACK MONEY ?
Consider the following :
# For over a year now , I have been
advocating replacing paper notes of Rs 500 / 1000 , and replacing these with
plastic notes with embedded
RFID micro-sensor ( thinner than a human hair ) and each note assigned a unique
IP V 6.0 URL address ,
linked to its own unique printed Serial Number
This sensor will announce
its physical location to the Central Servers of IT / ED departments , thru
Internet ,
where , any accumulation of
( say ) Rs ONE CRORE worth of these notes in an area of 1 Sq Meter , will show
up as a TAG CLOUD !
That was old hat !
Version 2.0 of that
suggestion stands modified as follows :
# Every man
carries currency notes in a wallet kept in his pocket , with his mobile in
another pocket ( - a lady
carries her mobile as well
as cash in her purse , in closer proximity with each other )
# RFID
embedded currency notes and the mobile , are both connected to the internet (
Internet of Things ? ),
capable of exchanging data
about their GPS location ( among other data )
# Mobile will
count the Number of all those high denomination currency notes and add up their
total value
# Mobile will
transfer this DATA to the Central Servers of IT / ED ( much like TryMyspeed app
) - total value , as
well as Serial Numbers of
each and every high denomination notes ( linked to specific Mobile Number )
# During CASH
transactions , a Rs 1000 currency note moves from pocket of Mr A, to the pocket
of Mr B
# And the Mobile
of Mr B , will now tell the Central Server : I just received a Rs 500 note ,
bearing Serial No
9GP 487136 ( in my pocket ,
right now ! )
# That would enable the Central Servers
to keep track of EACH and EVERY note , as it moves from one person to
another ! And the
Velocity with which a given note is changing hands ( pockets ) !
Of course , I know that this suggestion will be
summarily thrown out as an Invasion of Privacy !
In 1999, Sun
Microsystems' then-CEO, Scott McNealy , infamously
declared,
“ You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it ”
There is no way , any Government will be able
to " Arrest the March of Algorithms "
Day is not far when Algorithm ( AI ) will
become ,
OMNIPRESENT - OMNISCIENT - OMNIPOTENT
There is no use fighting !
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with regards,
hemen parekh
Marol , Mumbai , India
( M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08
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