As The Guardian writesinitiative the president Javier Milea's Argentina is almost like the reality depicted in Steven Spielberg's “Minority Report”. The UIAAS unit will be subordinate to the Ministry of Security and its members (apart from artificial intelligence) will include police and security officers.
Artificial intelligence in Argentina will prevent, detect and investigate crimes
As stated in the regulation describing the UIAAS, the unit's task will be to patrol social media platforms, Application and websites, where it will detect potential threats and identify the movements of criminal groups. Additionally, it will also analyze real-time monitoring to detect suspicious activities and identify people sought by facial recognition technology.
Interestingly, the unit will also be allowed to patrol areas using drones so that it can monitor and respond to situations from the air. The UIAAS is even expected to perform extreme tasks such asin. defusing explosives.
Amnesty International spoke out on the unit's case
The Guardian also reported that Amnesty International issued a comment on the launch of UIAAS in Argentina. According to its representatives, the unit may violate human rights.
“Large-scale surveillance impacts freedom of expression because it encourages people to self-censor or refrain from sharing their ideas or criticisms if they suspect that everything they comment, publish or share is being monitored by security forces,” said Mariela Belski, executive director of Amnesty International Argentina.