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It doesn't seem like it would be too hard for Facebook to implement facial recognition. It's clearly not a trivial issue, however they certainly have the data,
by gkoberger 16y ago
It doesn't seem like it would be too hard for Facebook to implement facial recognition. It's clearly not a trivial issue, however they certainly have the data, servers and intelligence to do it right. After all, they have a list of everyone you come in contact with (as well as friends of friends), along with anywhere between a dozen and a thousand tagged pictures of each.
EDIT: In reply to the poster below me- of course, autotagging wouldn't work. I was thinking more of a "suggestions" implementation.
- adi92 16y agoit seems like to much of a risk, in terms of the controversies that might get raised every time the recognition software screws up.. imagine the system tagging somebody's ex girlfriend on their current partner's face, or interpreting a picture of Saddam as some random friend of the poster
- jackowayed 16y agoAlso, there's been a lot of concerns over privacy with Facebook, and Facebook being able to "recognize you" has a pretty high creepiness factor.
- schn 16y agoIf you read the article, "...the system will automatically detect faces in the photos and prompt you to select the friend who’s face it is." It seems that the software is (so far) only recognising the presence of a face, not identity.