Conflict forecasting, using AI and vast amounts of data, is evolving fast. The Middle East's authoritarian regimes could well be among the first in the world to use it to stop protests — before they even begin.

Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/43575729

Source is free to access (and highly recommended).

This is downer news. But remember that you are not helpless if you live in (for example) the West. We still have lots of political power and individual freedom compared to most other people in the world. If we want to keep it, it’s up to us to get involved in politics. At the very least by voting. Cynicism and hopelessness will not solve this.