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In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black::Facial recognition software has always had trouble telling Black people apart, yet police departments are still using it.

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[–] firadin 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't the fact that a technology is fundamentally discriminatory mean we should question the use of that technology? Not just shrug our shoulders and say too bad?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shouldn't use it at all, but the tech isn't intentionally malicious, just a fact of the tech.

[–] charles 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exposure is a dial, not a technology. People are choosing to use it this way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hell of a lot easier when its a white dude on a dark background than a black dude on a dark background. The technology is just not being used in the way it should be.