‘It's techno-racism’: Detroit is using facial recognition to make arrests(theguardian.com)
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‘It's techno-racism’: Detroit is using facial recognition to make arrests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/16/its-techno-racism-detroit-is-quietly-using-facial-recognition-to-make-arrests
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Facial recognition technology with some error rate doesn’t seem like a huge problem for police since they can always manually review the video later to make sure it’s the same person.
These aren't gov't controlled on virtually all cases. All of the data ends up on private servers, under private control, and by a company that is probably not even in the same state. Just with the ability for the executive branch to access it.
Likewise these probably have deals written close to red light cameras where pay is based on get a % of the fee/fine/ticket. Meaning both the state and the company have incentives to be as abusive as possible.
Likewise these probably have deals written close to red light cameras where pay is based on get a % of the fee/fine/ticket. Meaning both the state and the company have incentives to be as abusive as possible.
Real people can misidentify anyone as well, "colored" or not(using their terminology). Does it stop becoming racist once it becomes good enough? Or should we stop arresting any POC suspects because we might make a mistake?
I think we can make a lot better arguments against the use of facial recognition by the government and particularly law enforcement than racism.
I think we can make a lot better arguments against the use of facial recognition by the government and particularly law enforcement than racism.