History is littered with the literal bones of people who thought they had nothing to fear from the state. The state is not your friend, and is not looking out for you.

Fiction works, but if you want to spend the evening depressed then go for any East/West Germany (true) stories.

For it or against surveillance and I can understand, but just not understanding the issue? No excuses -- personal surveillance for the sake of the state is one of the most discussed social concepts in the world.

Might be because pattern on your face or T-shirt match something bad.

And this kind of stuff already happened in UK even before "AI craze". Hundreds of people been imprisoned because of faulty accounting system:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal

"Computer says you go to prison"!

https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp...

What if that changes?

Great! Then you don't mind telling us your email password!