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Absolutely.
Modern AI is nothing more than models that can be trained (have parameters set) by massive amounts of data to carry out certain pattern recognition / regurgitation tasks (with socially constructed bias of course).
Where are there pattern recognition problems to solve and massive data? Mostly text, images, location data, audio recordings, and (e-)commerce. The sources of these are nearly all a form of surveillance, and as a result, the models are also well-suites for it. The other side drives it: the government wants to surveil (cops, basically) and private corps want to create and dominate markets from nothing (and get government contracts).
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