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Guiyang Smart City: Facial Recognition and AI in Daily Life

Channel: China Matters Published: April 22, 2022 Duration: 8:37 Views: 26.2K
Location: Guiyang Guizhou

What this video shows

A visiting presenter travels to Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province in southern China, to see how 5G, AI, and big data are used in everyday city life. The tour covers facial recognition on public transport, a ride in a Level 4 autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel, and conversations with people involved in the city's technology rollout. The presenter notes it is a first visit to Guiyang and asks why the city became the site for this kind of deployment. The day moves between subway stations, demonstrations of the technology, and interviews.

At a glance

LocationGuiyang, Guizhou Province
SettingLarge city
What it coversSmart-city technology: facial recognition transit payments and autonomous driving
Costs mentionedNone mentioned
Time of dayNot stated in the video

What stands out

Guiyang is described as the first city in China to deploy facial recognition widely across public transportation. At the subway, the presenter uses a machine that registers a facial record instead of issuing a paper ticket, then passes through the gate on that record alone. The autonomous car is shown as Level 4, with no steering wheel at all, which the presenter treats as the clearest sign of how far the technology has gone. The framing throughout is that these tools exist to solve practical urban problems rather than as novelties.

Video transcript

What happens when you bring 5G, AI, and big data together? But more importantly, what role do these technologies play in creating a smart city? Well, let's find out more. Facial recognition technology—what power is it? You can see there's no steering wheel in this car because we've reached the level for autonomous driving, Level 4. So one of the things that these technologies bring to us is... Living smart, or smart living—whatever you want to call it—one thing is clear: the tech stuff gives us solutions. Solutions to our problems, perhaps. But how

far is tech willing to go? Going to a city in southern Guizhou Province could help me understand more. After all, Guiyang is the first city in China to widely deploy facial recognition services on its public transportation. So I heard so much about facial recognition technology, so I want to ask you about what power is it and how is it... This is my first time coming to Guiyang. So why is Guiyang the city to deploy, you know, big data, AI, and 5G? So this is the facial recognition technology machine I used in subways, but it is with a difference because

it doesn't give you a paper ticket, but rather it takes a facial record of your face. All right, so this is the moment of truth. Let's see. Oh, managed to get through now. All right, so that means I can get on the subway using facial recognition technology. So that means I get to go to my next spot. So I'll see you guys in a...
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