*Artificial intelligence could supercharge threats to civil liberties, civil rights, and privacy.*

*Programs aimed at "situational awareness," like those run by many parts of DHS or police departments preparing for public events, tend to have few safeguards. They often veer into monitoring social and political movements,*

When the authors say "Artificial Intelligence," that includes degenerative systems such as bullshit generators. Spying uses them to converse with people, pretending to be human beings.