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We're leveraging Amazon facial recognition for a time tracking kiosk, and it's scary creepy how good their technology has become. We'd tried it a few years ago
by fooey 7y ago
We're leveraging Amazon facial recognition for a time tracking kiosk, and it's scary creepy how good their technology has become.
We'd tried it a few years ago and it was too unreliable, but now it's amazingly accurate.
- dgzl 7y agoWhat's the deal with this time tracking kiosk?
- Shendare 7y agoTo replace punch-in/punch-out machines or sign-in/sign-out sheets, perhaps.
- fooey 7y ago"Kiosk mode" is an upcoming feature for our time tracking app (https://busybusy.com https://busybusy.com) The elevator pitch is to make it so when the employee uses the device, the app can recognize who they are, and depending on how the organization has configured the app, either automatically clock them in or out, or just use the facial recognition as an authentication factor Our focus is on construction related companies (CAT Ventures is one of our investors), where we've had demand for an old school feeling time clock experience, but with modernized features. Our app right now is oriented around each employee using a personal phone, but many job sites, especially with heavy equipment, don't want people carrying personal phones around.
- dgzl 7y agoSounds like fun tech, albeit creepy af. I can see the benefits of using facial recognition for employee tracking, but I hope employers understand that they're asking more from their employees than what's normal. I would consider requiring this tech to be an extraordinary breach of personal privacy, and the company would have to compensate extra for forcing me to use it. If that's all factored in then sure, this could be pretty useful.
- A2017U1 7y agoI would quit any job that implemented something like that. Having your day logged down to second sounds horrendous.
- skellera 7y agoYou do know that most hourly jobs have you clock in and out either at a kiosk or computer? This is just using facial recognition instead of a password to clock in and out.
- sverige 7y agoWhy not time cards that are punched by a machine? The tech to scan them in for payroll already exists, I'm sure. Reminds me of the push for replacing paper ballots for no good reason.
- dgzl 7y agoThose systems are fun but not practical anymore. Anything you can do on a network connected computer will be faster, easier, cheaper, etc.
- bigmattystyles 7y agoCheating is possible - others clocking in for you
- reaperducer 7y agoCheating is possible - others clocking in for you Having someone else clock in for your isn't always cheating. For example, leaving early so you can drop by the post office on your way home from work to drop off the company mail. Or the opposite where my wife works: People will punch in for her because she has to go to an off-site meeting or event.
- throwaway66666 7y agoFor the same reason some people want to use Machine Learning to do code reviews, rather than.. you know, have the team pair program and review each other. Providing solutions to problems nobody had. And making new businesses out of old ideas. Kinda like "url shortener in php" -> "url shorterer in nodejs" -> "url shortener in golang" -> "url shortener in rust" -> "url shortener serverless with aws lambda" -> the cycle goes on. New stars for old ideas. Newtimers excited, oldtimers cynical alike. We have the technology.
- ci5er 7y agoThis would be good for the test-taking portion of an online course.