on a subway station air purifier. A conspiracy theorist could well suspect that this is part of the government's first steps in trying to accustom the public to seeing robotic interfaces everywhere -- the ultimate aim being digital ID and facial recognition in every aspect of life. Think that's extremist thinking? Today I read about how China has actually started using facial recognition tech for dispensing toiler paper(!) in some public restrooms to prevent random people stealing toilet paper -- apparently that's been a significant problem in some places.
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