2 Critical Biometrics EAI Design Fiction

[[<img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=17JsulysgXh12oKOufRGvtOrvJnPLOq0J" height="auto" width="100%">|ER2 attribution]] The voice of the dispatcher comes in over the radio, ‘We’ve had another call about 49B John Street, Arbroath. Neighbours are concerned; some sort of disturbance inside but unable to provide much detail. Are you able to proceed to the address and investigate?’ Rory picks up the receiver, ‘Acknowledged. [[Will proceed.|ER2]]’ This wasn’t the first time the property had come up. Some of the locals had stopped Rory to grumble about it during his rounds. He’d seen it mentioned in a few reports as well: noise complaints mainly, people coming and going at strange hours, but nothing to move it up any priority lists.

[[<img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=17HTFZJnlJE15BxavHqlYlKRkTFVmwOk5" height="auto" width="100%">|ER1 attribution]] ‘Maybe just migrant workers,’ Rory thinks. He’d seen them up picking cockles at ungodly hours. Probably something not right though. He’d helped on a human trafficking raid not far away – dozens of people cramped into a small house, barely anyone speaking English. ‘Better to let the higher ups and Immigration sort it out’ he thinks. He drives the short distance to the house and [[parks outside.|ER3]]

|== [[<img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=17aIegrPNuMYITsfzoW96eLOhQqx6m_-T" height="auto" width="100%">|ER3 attribution]] ==| Rory can hear the shouting coming through the door. He bangs hard and calls, ‘Police. Could you open the door, please?’ The shouting quietens but soon starts up again, louder this time. Rory tries again, ‘Police. Is everyone okay? If you don’t open the door, I will have to force my way in.’ This time the shouting continues unabated. Rory [[pushes the door open.|ER4]] |==|

|== <img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=17ex0QwhAPeEWi9Dl8r75mQIkUJtClkkq" height="auto" width="100%"> ==| The front room is a mess, mattresses on the floor and clothes piled and strewn in different spots. He moves quickly, following the noise to the kitchen. Two men are arguing in a language Rory doesn’t understand. The younger man looks on the verge of tears. He speaks: ‘Nhưng bố ơi, hôm nay con không muốn làm việc.’ The older man shouts, ‘Im lặng và làm như tôi nói ’ and waves a large kitchen knife, like a cleaver, in the air. Rory yells ‘Drop the weapon! Drop the weapon!’ and instinctively [[reaches for his baton.|ER5]] |==|

|== [[<img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=17wv_QuoiSWWjkDvFkgSOJclKe5gQ6Q6_" height="auto" width="100%">|ER5 Attribution]] [[<img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=183cmbJgCDhyi4VdCB63l_xGCWVgISBjF" height="auto" width="100%">|ER5 Attribution]] ==| He hears a beep in his ear, followed by: (text-colour:red)['Emotion Regulation System activated.' 'Stress indicator: heartrate at 1bps; above established base rate.' 'Advise: slow breathing; consider response and avoid immediate reaction.'] Rory exhales, adjusts the sensor strap on his chest and wills his heart rate to drop. As he pauses, the AI system continues: (text-colour:red)['Prediction of engagement in process. Camera and Microphone Activated.’] A red light on his body-worn camera flicks on, letting him know that it is recording. Following his training, he checks the camera’s line of sight, [[shifting to better capture|ER6]] the man wielding the knife. |==|

The man hesitates, then shouts, ‘ra khỏi nhà của chúng tôi !’ The AI system chimes in again: (text-colour:red)['Voice detection. Language: unknown.' 'Tone suggests fear, undertone of anger.' 'Emotion prediction supported by facial movement.' 'Suggest de-escalation strategy?'] Rory mutters, ‘I’ve got this’ and puts away his baton. The system ignores him or doesn’t hear him: (text-colour:red)['Suggest maintain eye contact; maintain low speech volume and even prosody. [[Physical confrontation unnecessary.'|ER7]]]

‘Please’, the younger man says, his voice heavily accented, ‘He doesn’t speak English.’ Rory waits for the AI system’s evaluation: (text-colour:red)['Voice detection. Language: recognised.' 'Tone suggests sincerity; undertone of fear.' 'Emotion prediction supported by facial movement.'] Breathing slowly, Rory says: ‘Okay, okay. Ask him to drop the knife’ and mimes the action by lowering his hand to his side. The younger man turns to face the older man but translation isn’t necessary. The older man seems to understand and slowly places the knife on the counter. ‘Right’, says Rory, ‘[[let’s get to the bottom of this.’|ER8]] [[<img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=186HuzPNYc15Vp5_4m68qLEHKDxtwnmSy" height="auto" width="100%">|ER7 Attribution]]

|== [[<img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=18KPUVjbtavthDDZnpwUgVh8XF2VvhCj9" height="auto" width="100%">|ER8 Attribution]] ==| The younger man says he is called Aidan. Rory isn’t convinced that is his actual name but decides not to push until he has a better read on the situation. They move to the front room. Aidan attempts to clear some space before squatting down. The older man sits on a chair, ignoring the clothes already lying on it. He stares at the officer. Rory decides to leave the AI system running. ‘Are you okay?’ Rory asks. ‘Fine, fine’ replies Aidan. The AI system chips in: (text-colour:red)['More data needed; suggest you engage in further dialogue.'] Rory [[rolls his eyes.|ER9]] |==|

|== [[<img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=18BCEyPJ80zT-Rr9wIDsUHCQ0P08V5NKZ" height="auto" width="100%">|ER9 Attribution]] ==| ‘Can you tell me what’s going on here?’ Aidan doesn’t make eye contact. ‘Please, my father and I. We just arrived.’ The young man pauses. ‘Here to work. We’re cooks.’ In his earpiece, he hears: (text-colour:red)['Voice detection. Language: recognised.' 'Tone suggests uncertainty; undertone of fear.' 'Emotion prediction (fear) supported by facial movement.'] Rory decides to probe further ‘And that’s your father, is it? With the massive knife?’ ‘Yes. It’s fine really.’ Aidan glances across at the old man. Again, Rory isn’t sure [[whether|ER10]] to believe him or not. |==|

The flat voice of the AI system chimes in again: (text-colour:red)['Confirmed prediction.' 'Tone suggests anxiety; potential fear of topic.' 'Facial movement plus eye tracking support prediction.' 'Suggest remove subject from source of anxiety.'] Rory adjusts his body camera so it is directed at the older man. (text-colour:red)['New Face detected.' 'Emotion prediction: anger; Emotion prediction: hostility.'] That [[swayed it for Rory.|ER11]]

[[''Design Fiction 2: Emotional AI''|ER1]]

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|== [[<img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=18Tz-0fEUDrOfnABAeHbHoY5mk9R2OWkz" height="auto" width="100%">|ER11 Attribution]] ==| ‘Look, I think something dodgy is going on here. Either you both come to the station with me voluntarily so we can clear this up, or I’m going to arrest him for threatening with an offensive weapon.’ ‘But we’re just here to work’ says Aidan. The old man’s expression is unreadable to Rory. |==|