A system coming to the Chinese city of Shenzhen will text citizens immediately when they jaywalk, notifying them of their violation and fine. According to the South China Morning Post, the program will bring together city police, phone carriers, and AI company Intellifusion, the corporation responsible for Shenzhen’s already-intense jaywalk monitoring. Since April 2017, Intellifusion has used cameras and facial recognition software to identify jaywalkers in real time, and display their faces on large screens at major intersections. Since its introduction, the system has identified and shown the faces of nearly 14,000 people. Shenzhen views jaywalking as a major city problem, and the text messaging system will likely ultimately replace the intersection screens. The text messaging system will allow the city to more easily track offenses, and use that data to punish the social credit scores of jaywalkers.
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