What is a smart city? | CNBC Explains

CNBC's Uptin Saiidi looks at three cities infusing technology into every part of its operations.
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[@TOMMY-WANT-WINGY]

This is actually darker than Huxley and Orwell ever couldve dreamed of

[@jackiguess_]

The Truth was spoken and without knowing that it was going to happen But worse

[@tammyleighchookie1162]

Smart cities S-urveillance M- onitoring A-nalysis R-eporting T-echnology

[@reallyskeptical]

Not smarter. It's about controlling you. It's evil

[@fonhollohan2908]

darn right it is.

[@_VirgoFlower]

Right, and the just going along.smh

[@coolbeans7z539]

ooooooooh cameras to prevent crime and pollution, so evil

[@reallyskeptical]

@coolbeans7z539 You're the problem thinking cameras keep you safe, ask the people that video crimes, they have no concern. This is not about your health your best interests.

[@volume_02]

Him: “We can help predict how Disease can spread” Corona Virus: Watch me make a pro-gamer move

[@kwekumensah5642]

The virus was planned

[@trickbaby8441]

Oh leave to the talking heads to promote the "Surveillance Cities"

[@sabalidann8278]

You are all stupid sheeple. This is total surveillance and control. 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

[@goyonman9655]

Cynical and incompetent

[@MaxPower-yh6qv]

A Smart Prison

[@fonhollohan2908]

EXACTLY. exactly.

[@joegarza7220]

This is such a great idea!! Governments would never take advantage of us through the use of tech.

[@Linda-yx2mp]

ask Snowden

[@user-pu3ky1re7e]

Politicians are philantropists

[@manuelabilic9266]

And you present this as a good thing.

[@emirwan2449]

stalking people has never been ever easier

[@MissoPOV]

I see more good here then bad

[@tx_7134]

Misso Productions You're so naive

[@lastnameford7703]

Wan Emir Hussein Wan Rahim Bullshit go fuck yourself

[@aeyvan]

jad dd You're so paranoid

[@Profile.4]

@@aeyvan paranoid? Is the government not collecting our data and spying? Are corporations not selling our information for profit? Wake the hell up

[@klarc1]

How the heck do all these smart city propaganda videos have so many likes, yet most people in the comments are clearly aware of how insane smart cities are?

[@billbillerton6122]

Bots... lotsa bots.

[@InternacionalBoxing]

"By 2021" everything is going according to plan ya'll, the Pandemic was in fact meant to speed up this method. All this tech has always been there bt the integration was too slow, not it's too late for us as a people we have lost, when the Big one drops choose wisely, i'm going off the grid i refuse to be a sl ave to this system 💯

[@guangriming]

Doraemon's 世界

[@favray]

So dramatic. Have fun pickin berries in the forest bear grylls!

[@rayhunt7179]

Big brother getting stronger and smarter

[@Profile.4]

@@sdrawkcabgnipytmi6599 it's time to off ourselves

[@chaos_omega_zero]

With the help of its little brothers

[@moncifhl838]

Im living in a dumb city

[@augustusprime0_o]

@@sdrawkcabgnipytmi6599 yes I agree, and control the population by controlling media houses to allow them to feed the people information that they want them to believe and see what they want them to see.

[@MightyDantheman]

Sounds like something from the ctOS trailer

[@thatsfunny2051]

Well this sounds like a nightmare

[@ckamal1]

The best resistance is to move out of the city and stop using smart phones.

[@trickbaby8441]

Or what if we use smart phones to crash the systems?

[@Master-kh6ww]

No i’m not sacrificing my lifeStyle

[@aoo3437]

Me watching in my phone and reading this comment 👁👄👁🤌

[@arreola891]

They are going to condense people into smart cities and destroy all roads that lead to anywhere beautiful or anywhere nature.

[@venktesh6600]

small fraction getting out of grid they don't care and they might want it, but once system fully installed city outskirts would be prohibited for humans, some fkin green or carbon bullshit.

[@imlyingtoyou8547]

This doesn't seem to terrify people as it should.

[@Polarcupcheck]

I am real scared.

[@fonhollohan2908]

That's because they've been programed since they've been young through our own schools and universities, that's why. This is full out communism.

[@rafaelvillamor9702]

MASS SURVEILANCE Doesnt really looks good to me.

[@africanwarlord5877]

So 1984 is here already💔

[@guangriming]

Plain

[@guangriming]

I mean the rules are so simple

[@bluezy710]

What seems to be progress and freedom will prove itself to be regress and bondage. Smarter cities, dumber people. The future is now.

[@billbillerton6122]

That's exactly what they want. A controllable dumbed down populace incapable of providing for themselves. Control what you hear and see, and ultimately what you believe.

[@verbenastars]

What about rural areas? We do not want this.

[@favray]

You’ll be fine…you choose whether you want to live in a smart city or not. Don’t worry they aren’t gonna throw a rope around you and put you in a luxurious 400 billion dollar city.

[@jocelynsanchez7018]

Control control. And nooo privacy at allll.. People need to wake up

[@jimmyhaotran123]

Jocelyn sanchez tell the US government to stop watching us first - Edward Snowden. People keep talking like some countries are so much in differ from others...

[@oliviag4950]

They are all zombies.

[@mpilomjuleni4981]

goverment will be saving while prople become unemployed

[@JoyIsabel]

LOLOLOLOL this ain't no smart city this an example of full government control.

[@yuan7313]

smart city no, it is became city to prison

[@aubo4060]

It's a high tech prison.

[@dutchanonymous7786]

Klaus schwab brought me here lol

[@chriswasserstrom1322]

Pay attention to the areas where all the fires are starting .

[@WasBlind_NowISee]

My state WA has been going crazy with these fires all the way up to Canada BC in unprecedented numbers. Our skies have been bloody red from so much smoke just about ever few months. We have the cleanest air quality but it keeps deteriorating. They say global warming. It used to rain non stop but now the weather is becoming like CA.

[@montanagal6958]

A place you don't want to live...

[@vintagesoul73911]

Basically it's an Orwellian nightmare.

[@guangriming]

Maybe a nightmare for london cause it is Big Brother Biz lol

[@ShreyRupani]

So a worldwide SYBIL System eh? Hmmm...

[@gokaren420]

I hate it and dont wanna live on top of people....imagine the noise and smells from people cooking...this isn't smart ...this is to dumb citizens down and control em

[@favray]

Sounds like you just don’t like cities in general… the idea of an apartment buildings and neighbors is that foreign to you? Interesting

[@gokaren420]

​@@favrayNo its not foreign to me. Excuse you!! I don't want to live in a smart dumb city being constantly controlled by tyrannical unelected globalists.

[@viaja3569]

Creepy City

[@bayleec.2245]

So strip us of privacy?

[@martez_da_real]

"Your information will be fed into a app called Virtual Singapore" isn't that in China? 🤔

[@davindranauth]

Smart Cities in the U.S. is unconstitutional.

[@guangriming]

jia?

[@dentonhess5810]

Takeaways: 1:04 - Virtual Singapore 1:33 Dubai Now government app services Open parking sensors, full garbage can sensors. $15B market for software apps.

[@BrianPolito]

I can't believe you are selling this shit like it's a good thing.

[@ks_ig2728]

Watch Dogs 3 looks... terrifying

[@guangriming]

Do u men three headed dog? I can play flutes haha

[@GazBobArt]

A. Hell on Earth.

[@thykingdomworld]

Its alt tying up...ground work for the one world government

[@KeithCindyPanama]

Now Maui is ready for implementation:

[@cameronh3260]

Agenda 21

[@cameronh3260]

Cool Smiley Most of us will be dead before 2018 when WW3 starts

[@cameronh3260]

@Aiden Pearce Fuck....i was wrong

[@trutherone1725]

Cameron H covid 19 is guna bring in the NWO by crashing the economy food shortages soon and forced vaccines

[@carolclowes2221]

Evil future

[@redouaneserir7700]

wtf the music in background ??

[@THEMATT222]

Who's watching 2021?

[@haseebrahman8981]

It helped me for my seminar....thank u so much

[@anni7329]

same i'm working on a 10 page essay for school rn

[@sportsport1654]

Also

[@cappro3560]

Yes and everyone being chipped so they digitally deduct any tax u owe and monitor our movements

[@teddylumidimusic]

You might as well kiss freedom and democracy goodbye. btw what is the role of CIA or NSA in a 'Democratic' country?

[@adad-ec6ht]

Referring to 1:19, so how is Singapore using its smart city technology to monitor Corona patients?

[@karenkennedy6331]

Scary!

[@alexl5660]

UNCONSTITUTIONAL

[@Jzarecta]

Smart city = big brother

[@meganmegan6214]

This is dangerous

[@guangriming]

Jia

[@jakobvonmuhlebach]

And at 2:11 Barcelona gets so smart it turns into Place Saint Michel in Paris

[@israellara89]

So much control, i'd rather live on an island like Robinson Crusoe.

[@guangriming]

But maybe our friend would be the volleyball... Volleyball

[@yaboobay8639]

We need to get back to Nature, forget cities, they suck & hurt your feet to walk in, and watch ur every move

[@killerbieneo4925]

singapore: we can help predict how an infectious disease might spread ! Corona virus: ...

[@EzraMerr]

OOF 😂

[@augustusprime0_o]

same thing I was thinking, lol

[@geocina7]

I miss my life in Singapore!

[@seryodemasiado]

It's way too different and dangerous using cameras to register the flux of people/traffic moving through the city than using them to register you and how you daily life as an individual. The machine is not the problem, the person manipulating it is.

[@steveeatthesun2540]

Thats an horror !

[@dblev2019]

Hmm wonder why he didn’t use the CCP / Tencent‘a wechat as an example…Communism and smart cities seem to go hand and hand.

[@iwillsucceed5236]

We Are screwed. Full Amor of god

[@newchannelinbio9863]

A city may be done for if a group of highly skilled hackers manage to infiltrate their systems

[@aubo4060]

The global elite controls the banking system and most of the governments. I'm more afraid of them than a group of hackers

[@SuperNovaShakti]

That Messias will come 😊

[@joanofarc33]

So why is it the whole thing only reminds me of the series MAZE? Its a police state. Camera's busting people for smoking or littering? Using technology to police the masses and so many of you guy's think its just wonderful.

[@sportsport1654]

Who else wants to live in a stupid city

[@diamondsseparateus]

The land to develop the very first smart city was just cleared by directed energy, weapons, and guess what, it will be located in Hawaii !!

[@の_の]

Ray Hunt 1 năm trước Big brother getting stronger and smarte

[@chunks6856]

While I can see there are “big brother” concerns, as a Singaporean, I’ve noticed that data isn’t shared between government departments. It’s a bit of a pain because i have to do same/ similar tests or procedures for different department needs and there’s no centralised app like Dubai but I’d pay that price for privacy.

[@joleezanes5938]

It's coming and it is a nightmare. I was in Virginia for 3 months in 2005 for military training. As required, I bought car insurance and registered my car in Virginia but was still a Florida resident. I deployed to Japan and my friend sold my car with power of attorney. Come 2017 I was moving from south Florida to north Florida. I went in to renew my license and registration at the last minute because I was packing and would rather renew at my new address (but time ran out.) Except Virginia ordered Florida to suspend my license for "failure to insure vehicle." Virginia thought I was still driving a car without insurance even though anyone can go online with the VIN and see the change of ownership. After 12 years, I had no records. We only keep tax returns for 7 years. Why would anyone hold on to documents for 12 years? I tried to fight it but I was out of state and now suspended. From what I gather I would have needed to see a judge. Phone clerks were useless. My move was put on hold. I lost the rental I had arranged. But yeah - we need to give the government more control over our lives so they take people off the road who have perfect driving records to keep you safe.

[@100KGNatty]

It's not about who they're sharing it with, it's about no one should have this kind of power.

[@InternacionalBoxing]

Too late for Big brother concerns. This comment of yours alone will be bad for your social credit score when the big one drops

[@DeplorableValor]

Just like Maui having natural disaster-oooo smart city 🙄

[@johnlatsch9720]

One little emp and back to stone age

[@syazwanazman8288]

Hi @CNBC International. I am Syazwan from malaysia and currently I am doing a video event for my event soon and I found your video interesting. I would like to ask your permission to use your video for my video.

[@syazwanazman8288]

not the whole video, just some part of it.

[@ryderr4702]

We about to have the real watch dogs one year

[@jaymcaaa]

would rather be in a stupid city

[@Renanaguilar]

typical of the Gringos...they live in the past

[@b_tang]

Sounds like a nightmare tbh

[@robicarm]

Like Demolition Man

[@gokaren420]

The Forefathers would have never let this bull💩 happen

[@kwekumensah5642]

They were never on your side

[@janetteduncan4164]

@kwekumensah5642 yes they were, its nwo and wef whom are your enemies, these are prisons

[@uncleruckus3149]

Its jus like demolition man

[@lakshmanmelam1529]

nice

[@Edwardkirk-ln5jy]

Big brother wants to control every aspect of your life.

[@ravindertalwar553]

CONGRATULATIONS 👏 and Lots of Love and blessings 💞💐

[@jackiguess_]

???

[@themysticmuse]

Big brother is watching.....

[@alanchristopherjohns88]

What about HK and New Dehli and Mumbai???!

[@sandyshores8921]

now in 2021 What's the status? (idak, please tell me)

[@Prakash-im5zf]

You guys are doing amazing job by uploading content like these, so informative 👍 upload more on such interesting topics.

[@kufam100]

If you want to give up every freedom that you have promote and support, smart cities

[@TOMMY-WANT-WINGY]

You don't realize the evil this with roll out. No freedom whatsoever, rewarding snitches. Just like China right now

[@C.H771]

So it is a police state

[@guangriming]

disney rabbit state ❤ No offense : )

[@user-yz5rl3wf3p]

CNBC ....Thanks....

[@fpvillegas9084]

This could be the start of the age of cyberpunk. Just maybe.

[@christianhallgren1192]

Coming to you when it’s ready

[@admiralackbar9307]

It's a TRAP!!!

[@augustusprime0_o]

Me watching this in 2020. But that's next ye-

[@adamgarcia5012]

U guys be smoking some good shit

[@taffy7404]

Enslavement

[@Gandhi_Physique]

Surveillance... could be amazing or horrible depending on how it is used.

[@100KGNatty]

It might be amazing for a while, but eventually and inevitably, it will be horrible. Humans are imperfect creatures thus history will repeat itself. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@Gandhi_Physique]

@@100KGNatty I guess we will see where this leads. It all depends on who holds the authority and how much the people allow to be taken. We are not doomed nor entering paradise, as usual we are always headed towards some blend of both.

[@janetteduncan4164]

Do not allow this, its not about safety, its about smart city prisons, do not be fooled

[@guangriming]

best and worst time days at the same time

[@sohamsrivastav8903]

But aren't jobs of many people lost

[@KevinGonzalez-vu5bo]

Freedom, not slavery.

[@janetteduncan4164]

Its slavery, no freedom in this smart city

[@liizzset]

Wouldn't the Dubai application program be like the WeChat of the Middle East?

[@professorblack40]

ooh nooo Singapore!

[@CC80889]

Minority report

[@CephlonMayngrum]

The cities that we live in now are nothing more than giant circuit boards. The vast majority of people bought into the concept of smart cities at the beginning of the 20th century

[@mw3516405]

States rolling out 5 cities in N in 2021 !

[@TetraResinstone]

Yeah but what happens if the grid goes down? The city is frozen?

[@mridlon1634]

We all know how “Walled City 99” turned out in “Stray”.

[@bababaebeetestube1612]

50 crore human dead bodies in ship container worLD +rade Center

[@JV-zw2yc]

What are smart cities? A great and innovative new way for your government and big tech to collect your data! And who’s gonna pay for it? Me and you! I mean only god knows how excited I am to be able to log on to my city app and pay a red light.

[@janetteduncan4164]

And it's a prison