Argentina launches AI-based pre-crime police to control Bitcoin

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By TP

“Democracy does not mean that the voters control the government, but that those who control the government control the voters.” Hans-Hermann Hoppe in Democracy: The Failed God.

On July 26 of this year, Resolution 710/2024 – RESOL-2024-710-APN-MSG was published in Argentina, consisting of the creation of the “Artificial Intelligence Unit applied to Security (UIAAS)”. From this legal fact we can understand that, from that moment on, Argentina administered by cosplayer Javier Milei has officially begun to combat pre-crime In the best Minority Report style. For those who are lucky enough not to have seen the film, I tell you that it takes place in a dystopian futuristic scenario in which, thanks to the technology available in that future, the State can exercise police power before the crime occurs. That is, the State has enough technology to predict – through questionable methods – that a crime «is about to happen» and then acts accordingly, preventing it from happening. If this sounds familiar to you, dystopian and worthy of an average dictator's wet dreambecause that is indeed the case. The point is that this is exactly the same vision and ideology of social engineering that is the basis of the Resolution of the Ministry of Security, headed by Patricia Bullrich, analyzed here.

China: the model to follow

Let us look at the following fragments from its CONSIDERING (introduction that establishes the norm that follows) for example. It states: “That countries such as China (…) are pioneers in the use of Artificial Intelligence in their areas of government and Security Forces.” When a party acknowledges, evidence is relieved, says the legal adage. This is not the first time that in the highest spheres of formal Argentine power authoritarian and freedom-undermining China is recognized as a role model. It should be noted that this rule endorsed by the supposedly anarcho-capitalist President Milei is inspired and based on a model of a country that, in order to continue existing, had to tighten the muzzle of its citizens to the point of directly blocking the Internet and replacing it with a network entirely controlled by the State.

Absolute social control in China. Source: https://time.com/collection-post/5502592/china-social-credit-score/ This author asks: What is the point of all the libertarian discourse and its paraphernalia if in practice, both in facts and in norms, the Argentine State literally seeks emulate one of the most fascist and intrusive states in the world in the private sphere? Clearly, this government, following the Chinese manual, begins with a discourse of security-based control in order to move the Overton window. Then, it continues to advance, as China did, and expands its powers even outside the supposedly restricted criminal sphere. Let us bear in mind that China has already established the social scoring system – in line with the 2030 agenda – and that it is hoped that the same will be exported to the entire West.

Minority Report real life

Another juicy point of the recital is the following: “That the mentioned countries use Artificial Intelligence in Facial Recognition, Crime Prediction, Social Network Analysis and Fraud and Anomaly Detection.” That is, it first tacitly recognizes that privacy in public places is a thing of the past. Gradually, like a frog in gently warmed water, we became accustomed to this. Since the enactment of this regulation, there can be no longer any doubt that, in fact, in Argentina, there is no privacy in public places. Will it be mandatory to walk around without a hat and with one's face uncovered in certain public places? It is not yet, but how long will it take before this becomes a necessary requirement «for safety»? Perhaps it will already be a thing of the past to be able to go to a square with your child, or walk your dog on the sidewalk without the State adding you to its database.

After acknowledging the unrestricted use of facial recognition, the recital directly takes the script of the film starring Tom Cruise and asserts that, with the magic of AI and the invasion of privacy, The Argentine State will be able to “predict crimes”. The reasoning is so fanciful and anti-republican that it directly opens the door for any moderately rational judge to label the entire norm unconstitutional. I do not believe that this will happen because logically you cannot expect pears from an elm tree, but we should not fail to emphasize that this new attack on the most basic freedoms could be stopped by relevant legal operators who receive a salary to pretend that they control the constitutionality of the norms. Finally, the fragment of the recital indicates that with the money from the VAT charged on the polenta bought by the poor Police officers will be paid to spend all day looking at social media. A factual issue that we already knew about and that really does not merit express regulatory clarification. However, I welcome the sincere recognition of the use of public resources.

Paragraph K

Above I railed against points that arise from the recital and are received in the operative part of the norm. Thus leaving for the end a point from the operative part for which no precedent is justified in the recital. Namely: “THE MINISTER OF SECURITY RESOLVES: (…) k. Detect suspicious financial transactions or anomalous behavior that could indicate illegal activities. There is nothing new under the sun. This is only a recognition and reinforcement of what is already being done. Due to the current FATF system, which I have spoken about before (see here, here, here or here), each state body and person with the status of obliged subject is always expected to collaborate. For the FATF system it is essential that both individuals and all other state bodies collaborate in detect suspicious financial transactions and anomalous behavior.

Minister Bullrich walking among packages of pressed plant leaves that belonged to another person but that she, with the help of the State, decided to take from its owner and then burn it and put its previous owner in jail. Source: https://www.lavoz.com.ar With this regulation aimed at cyber-patrolling the internet, the possibility that the Artificial Intelligence Unit applied to security (UIAAS) can collaborate with the mandate of the GAFI and thus be able to produce evidence for the UIF and the judiciary in its criminal jurisdiction is simply legally validated. This regulation seeks to discourage money launderers from posting evidence of their crimes on social networks. The interesting thing about it arises when we analyze it in conjunction with the fundamental principle of the entire GAFI system: the simple legal trick of reversing the burden of proof. Given the current PLAFT system, basically every person (legal or physical) is a money launderer, a financier of terrorists or a financier of producers of weapons of mass destruction. until proven otherwise. The normally accepted proof to the contrary is documents that prove the origin of the managed money. For this reason, centralized exchanges (PSAVs), banks and other entities in compliance are always asking their clients for documents (thus carrying out KYC/AML).

Minister Bullrich, who issued the rule, taking a selfie with her anarcho-capitalist boss who endorsed it. Source: https://media.letrap.com.ar/ Now, thanks to section K of the regulation, basically any user who publicly carries out p2p transactions can be directly pursued by this intelligence unit without the need for intervention by the UIF, the body originally competent in the matter. At this point it is worth noting that in Argentina administered by the supposedly Rothbardian president, The purchase and sale of Bitcoin without the corresponding payment of taxes is illegal as it constitutes the crime of evasion. Therefore, for the FATF and therefore for the UIF and the Argentine State, the subsequent use of the purchased bitcoins constitutes money laundering since the criminal type is configured when the illicit money (from evasion) is re-entered into the financial circuit.

Minister Bullrich on a trip to Paraguay helping to remove illegal weeds that prevented the production of tomatoes in compliance. Source: https://fotos.perfil.com/

Epilogue

We are faced with a State that wants to sell you that with the formula “artificial intelligence plus extinction of privacy” it can combat crime before it happens, but in practice it cannot even properly maintain a database where it takes Suspicious Operations Reports.

Current status of the UIF page at the time of writing these lines. The UIF is the body where decent Administrators must report the evil money launderers and financiers of terrorism so that the State can combat the latter and tolerate not imprisoning the former. Perhaps the brand new Unit of Artificial Intelligence Applied to Security (UIAAS) can give them a hand to get the server up and running. Long live freedom, damn it! is the catchphrase that the revue theater actor currently sitting in Rivadavia's chair always repeats. Absolutely commendable saying, but much more authentic clarifying that Long live true freedom! The one that allows us to operate financially without intermediaries or third parties or coercion. Long live the freedom that every State wants to take away from us and that only Bitcoin guarantees us.

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Camilo JdL for Crypto News at 855.944 timechain
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