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I like this type of application for this technology. A good tightrope rabbit hole is: what if "the unknown soldier" is identified writ large? Personally, I wou

I like this type of application for this technology. A good tightrope rabbit hole is: what if "the unknown soldier" is identified writ large? Personally, I would love to have some folks in Ye Olde Family Photographs identified.

cf498 8y ago
The question is, does that justify working on that kind of technology? Dual use is a bit to friendly of a wording here. This is a step into a dystopia we have taken a while back.
ComputerGuru 8y ago
For those that aren’t aware, at least in the case of the United States, the soldier buried in The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’s identity was not initially unknown. They started off with several bodies of appropriate stature whose identity was known (but closely guarded) to those that procured them, then mixed them up and played a game of shells with the coffins to purposely un-know the identity. All that is to say, if somehow “facial recognition” could identify the remains of the Unknown Soldier, the hope is that whosoever discovers that keeps it to themself.
- twtw 8y ago
  > whose identity was known (but closely guarded) I can't find any resources online to confirm this - everything seems to indicate several unknown soldiers were exhumed and one was selected (from each conflict). Do you have any pointers to references where I could learn more?
- 5555624 8y ago
  > For those that aren’t aware, at least in the case of the United States, the soldier buried in The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’s identity was not initially unknown Th soldier initially buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was from World War I. He has not been identified. Subsequently, unknown soldiers from World War II and Korea were interred and neither has been identified, The unknown soldier from Vietnam was identified. That crypt remains empty as the suspect that all remains from Vietnam will someday be identified,

cf498 8y ago

The question is, does that justify working on that kind of technology? Dual use is a bit to friendly of a wording here. This is a step into a dystopia we have taken a while back.

ComputerGuru 8y ago

For those that aren’t aware, at least in the case of the United States, the soldier buried in The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’s identity was not initially unknown. They started off with several bodies of appropriate stature whose identity was known (but closely guarded) to those that procured them, then mixed them up and played a game of shells with the coffins to purposely un-know the identity. All that is to say, if somehow “facial recognition” could identify the remains of the Unknown Soldier, the hope is that whosoever discovers that keeps it to themself.

twtw 8y ago
> whose identity was known (but closely guarded) I can't find any resources online to confirm this - everything seems to indicate several unknown soldiers were exhumed and one was selected (from each conflict). Do you have any pointers to references where I could learn more?
5555624 8y ago
> For those that aren’t aware, at least in the case of the United States, the soldier buried in The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’s identity was not initially unknown Th soldier initially buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was from World War I. He has not been identified. Subsequently, unknown soldiers from World War II and Korea were interred and neither has been identified, The unknown soldier from Vietnam was identified. That crypt remains empty as the suspect that all remains from Vietnam will someday be identified,