The blurry ethics of smart glasses

智能眼镜的模糊伦理观

Round Table China

2026-06-23

30 分钟
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Smart glasses promise to translate any language, recognize every face, and capture life hands-free, all without a phone in sight. But when a device can see, store, and remember everything you do, the line between helpful and invasive starts to blur. / Should you come down hard when a child lies (23:00)? On the show: Steve, Fei Fei & Yushan
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • If you're tuned in to Roundtable, I'm Steve Hatherly today with Yushan and Fei-Fei.

  • Coming up, imagine a device that hears every language, remembers every face,

  • and never misses a moment, all without you pulling out your phone.

  • That's the promise of smart glasses.

  • But there is an uneasy part.

  • When a gadget sees and stores as much as you do, convenience starts to bump up against consent.

  • So where's the boundary?

  • And more importantly, will anyone actually wear them if they don't trust what's being recorded?

  • After that, when a child lies or cheats, the instinct is to come down hard.

  • Stricter rules, harsher punishments, zero tolerance.

  • But new research from Singapore suggests that heavy-handed parenting might be backfiring.

  • We'll take a look at two long-term studies that challenge everything we thought about tough love and ask whether

  • strict discipline actually creates the very behavior it tries to stamp out our podcast listeners

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  • at qq.com one more time roundtable podcast at qq.com Smart glasses are being pitched as the next smartphone.

  • Lighter, smarter, always available.

  • They can translate conversations in real time.

  • They can guide users through unfamiliar cities.