It may not be enough for some unlucky people. Scientists in Beijing claim to have created a prototype device that can detect when a man is watching porn.
The headwear is supposed to increase the productivity of professional Chinese content reviewers. There is a government that uses brain- computer interface to monitor its censors. Absolutely not frightening.
The porn probe is not the first mind-reading technology used in a Chinese workplace. An alarm is set off when the wearer sees explicit content, according to reports.
Pornography of any kind is illegal in China, and the country's censorship system works hard to remove it from the internet.
Artificial intelligence makes mistakes and humans need snacks and sleep, but China uses both humans and machines to censor their online world.
The researchers told the paper that their porn-policing chapeau is intended to help the two systems meet in the middle.
There were gaps in the science shown in the developers' study. The test group included just 15 college-aged men, and the claimed 80 percent success rate is not necessarily correct.
Due to Chinese law, researchers weren't able to show participants any truly explicit images, and all pictures shown to test subjects had to be black and white.
There are serious ethical questions raised by any tech that claims to read minds. Let's hope the device stays that way because it doesn't sound like it's there yet.
Researchers say that a device that can detect porn could be used to speed up China's policing of illegal content.
China's censors are having a hard time controlling all the rage right now.
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