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I saw a pitch for this tech 5 years ago. Not sure the name of the company. The idea is they can measure engagement (how long you looked), approximate age and se
by nateberkopec 9y ago
I saw a pitch for this tech 5 years ago. Not sure the name of the company. The idea is they can measure engagement (how long you looked), approximate age and sex.
Five years ago it didn't seem so sinister. A lot has happened since then, I guess.
- wingerlang 9y agoI don't see why it is sinister today, so they show healthy food to women and meat to men. Seems like a win-win situation. I think this is what they did, anyway.
- ninenexus 9y agoI think this becomes sinister when it makes the move to being free for the business with the service provider records & collects the data to sell to third parties.
- bigbugbag 9y agoWhy would it be sinister to have an automated eye able to instantly sort humans in dubious categories ? Maybe in a different political context where one category is sent to death camps, another to forced labor camps, etc.
- applecrazy 9y agoI guess public perception of the technology is based on how "creepy" (read: accurate) it is.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoSo they show erratic data on screen, preferably flattering (eg younger, happier) or just obviously wrong and record the real data on the back-end. Instant public acceptance without even writing big numbers on a red bus.
- bigbugbag 9y agoIt was sinister 20 years ago (probably even before that but I'm not aware of it), and was a problem enough for the industry that they looked for way to condition the population to accept the technology over a few generations.