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I severely dislike public facial recognition systems, but wouldn't it basically be the same if a police officer mistook her for someone else based on a sketch o

I severely dislike public facial recognition systems, but wouldn't it basically be the same if a police officer mistook her for someone else based on a sketch or a composite? The scale is obviously different though.

mikece 7y ago
Human cops don't have implicit faith in the accuracy of their human colleagues. But if a COMPUTER lists you as a biometric match for a person of interest/suspect, then clearly you did _something_...
- jolmg 7y ago
  Right. Many people believe that computers can't make mistakes. It might not be true, but you'll still have a harder time convincing them that despite the computer identifying you, the computer is mistaken.
- duxup 7y ago
  And humans are inclined to believe CSI type magic.
dv_dt 7y ago
With a sketch or composite, the identifying individual is the one with the full responsibility to make the match. With a recognition system, the software externalizes the responsibility, at best giving an individual the responsibility to reject the match. That setup results in the recognition system being inherently given a strong tendency to override individual judgement.
- droithomme 7y ago
  > the software externalizes the responsibility The arresting officer still has the responsibility though to decide whether or not to use deadly force against the person should they resist the false arrest.