AI Mass Surveillance Tool Exploited After Minnesota Shooting?

Post-9/11 Surveillance Expansion

• 🚨 The period since the 9/11 attacks has seen the implementation of secretive, un-American programs that erode rights and protections.
• 💡 Fear and emotion, amplified by events like 9/11 and the anthrax attacks, were exploited by the government and media to justify giving up rights for perceived safety.
• 📈 This led to the creation of the Patriot Act, warrantless eavesdropping, and the full-scale NSA mass surveillance system, enabled by documents from Edward Snowden.

Exploiting Fear for Surveillance

• ⚠️ Authoritarianism often arises when governments manipulate fear of threats to gain more power and implement surveillance.
• 🎯 Recent events, though less significant than 9/11, are being used to push for greater surveillance and authoritarianism.
• 📺 An example is the promotion of an AI-driven mass surveillance system on Fox News, presented as a solution to prevent future attacks.

Gideon: AI Threat Detection Platform

• 🚀 Aaron Cohen, an Israeli special ops veteran, introduced "Gideon," an AI threat detection platform for law enforcement.
• 🌐 Gideon reportedly scrapes the internet 24/7, using an "Israeli grade ontology" to identify and report specific threat language to local law enforcement.
• 🎯 Cohen claims Gideon would have 100% certainty in detecting threats like the Minneapolis shooter and that agencies are already on board.

Concerns and Lack of Scrutiny

• 🔍 Journalists should question who defines threats, who is reported, the role of Israeli involvement, and the AI's decision-making process.
• 🗣️ Instead of critical inquiry, the host asked if the system would have averted the shooting, allowing Cohen to promote his product.
• 🧐 The speaker expresses concern over an Israeli veteran developing and pitching a ubiquitous mass surveillance system to US agencies, questioning the "Israeli ontology" and potential biases.

Gideon's Capabilities and Funding

• 💻 Gideon scans public media, forums, deep web, and gaming chats for "behavioral signals" like grievance buildup, martyrdom language, and tactical planning.
• 🚩 It flags radicalization, grooming, and tactical signals, scoring threats and alerting law enforcement and schools.
• 💰 Cohen is fundraising directly from his audience for Gideon, framing it as the answer to why attacks aren't caught beforehand.