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Mass Surveillance Will Cost Less Than White House Remodel by 2030

Triggernometry · People Have No Idea What Is About To Happen - Dwarkesh Patel · May 30, 2026
Mass Surveillance Will Cost Less Than White House Remodel by 2030
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People Have No Idea What Is About To Happen - Dwarkesh Patel
"By the end of the decade, it will cost less to surveil every single nook and cranny in this country than it does to remodel the White House."
Patel calculated that processing 100 million CCTV cameras in America currently costs $30 billion annually, but given AI cost reductions of 10x per year, comprehensive national surveillance will cost under $300 million by decade's end. He warned this makes authoritarian control dramatically more feasible as governments gain unprecedented monitoring capabilities at trivial expense.
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