Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

圆桌会议：“虚拟边境墙”的致命失败

The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they will help detect and apprehend border crossers and save lives. 在过去的 25 年里，美国耗资数十亿美元沿南部边境建造了一道由监控塔组成的“虚拟墙”，并承诺这些设施将有助于探测和抓捕越境者，从而挽救生命。

But a groundbreaking investigation by MIT Technology Review has documented over a thousand people who moved through areas watched by these towers without being reached or apprehended, and who ultimately died there. 然而，《麻省理工科技评论》的一项开创性调查记录了超过一千人在这些监控塔的监视区域内穿行，却未被发现或拦截，最终不幸丧生。

Some were even under the watch of newly installed AI-powered towers designed to spot people automatically. 其中一些人甚至处于新安装的、旨在自动识别人员的 AI 监控塔的监视之下。

Our findings reveal a humanitarian crisis more visible than previously known, and repeated failures of the virtual wall’s basic security promise. 我们的调查结果揭示了一场比此前所知更为严重的人道主义危机，同时也暴露了“虚拟墙”在基本安全承诺上的屡次失败。

Join MIT Technology Review editors and reporters for a conversation examining the failures of border surveillance technology and uncovering the stories of the people who die in the borderlands. REGISTER NOW. 欢迎加入《麻省理工科技评论》编辑和记者的行列，共同探讨边境监控技术的失灵，并揭开那些在边境地区丧生者的故事。立即注册。

Speakers: Mat Honan, editor in chief, James O’Donnell, senior AI reporter, and Eileen Guo, senior features and investigations reporter. 演讲嘉宾：主编 Mat Honan、资深 AI 记者 James O’Donnell，以及资深专题与调查记者 Eileen Guo。