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3 timestamped hits 3 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-05-12, day precision Aliases: hangzhous

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Hangzhou

The lecture starts by warning against overconfident certainty, then rewires from literary method to a hard model of AI: today’s systems are pattern-fitters optimized for compliance, so power becomes control over what counts as...

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The lecture starts by warning against overconfident certainty, then rewires from literary method to a hard model of AI: today’s systems are pattern-fitters optimized for compliance, so power becomes control over what counts as...

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The AI Apocalypse: from Language Illusion to Control (2026-05-12, day precision).

Most connected source readings: The AI Apocalypse: from Language Illusion to Control; China Without The Good Monorail; EdTech Does Not Remedy, It Amplifies.

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Key Notes

Current policy critique stated on 2021-02-05.

diagnosis

Jiang describes the Hangzhou facial-recognition example as technology worship: using surveillance because it looks modern, not because it has passed a real educational evaluation.

Timestamped Evidence

China Without The Good Monorail

2026-01-16, day precision · The Derp With Kurp | 23 | @predictivehistory - The Multiverse of Madness

Transcript

"I never went to Beijing. I went to Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai. Oh, Hangzhou, that's right. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And... I can't remember the last..."

Relevant Lectures And Readings

EdTech Does Not Remedy, It Amplifies

2021-02-05, day precision · claims, semantic-ref

Reading

Jiang starts by explaining why China became the world's largest and most lucrative edtech market: educational scarcity, parental obsession, test-score clarity, and WeChat infrastructure.

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