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More regulation will benefit companies like Microsoft and lead to less innovation, because of the legal hurdles startups would need to clear. Much in the same w
by vonnik 8y ago
More regulation will benefit companies like Microsoft and lead to less innovation, because of the legal hurdles startups would need to clear. Much in the same way that the primary beneficiary of GDPR has been Google, because advertisers trust that its scale makes it more likelihood to be compliant with the new laws. But facial recognition has a lot of applications that aren't creepy, ranging from fun (fake mustache on Snap) to useful. Facial identification might be a better target for regulation, but getting the government involved here is inviting a bulldozer to the rose garden.
- bargl 8y agoThere are two technologies at play here. Face Recognition (who you are). Face Detection (where the face is in frame). There really is nothing bad about Face Detection. That would have to be paired with other data in order to uniquely identify a person. But Face Recognition can give exactly who you are which should probably get regulated. We have a lot of protection for identification of people out there I don't think this should be an exception. Although educating congress is going to be a VERY tough job.