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Work-at-home AI surveillance is a move in the wrong direction

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While we have all been focused on facial recognition as the poster child for AI ethics, another concerning form of AI has quietly emerged and rapidly advanced during COVID-19: AI-enabled employee surveillance at home. Though we are justifiably worried about being watched while out in public, we are now increasingly being observed in our homes. Surveillance of employees is hardly new. This started in earnest with "scientific management" of workers led by Frederick Taylor near the beginning of the 20th century, with "time and motion" studies to determine the optimal way to perform a job. Through this, business management focused on maximizing control over how people performed work.