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Clearview AI is just doing what a detective with an eye for faces and unlimited time is doing. This has always been a bullshit argument for this type automatio
by ska 7y ago
Clearview AI is just doing what a detective with an eye for faces and unlimited time is doing.
This has always been a bullshit argument for this type automation, whether it be facial recognition, license plate readers, recording phone conversations, whatever.
It pretends that scale doesn't matter, when the reality is that scale and network effects are the most important feature of many of these 'advances'.
- lucasmullens 7y agoCould you critique it without calling it a "bullshit argument"?
- ska 7y agoBy "bullshit argument" I mean specifically that this argument is not presented in good faith. Rather it is used to obfuscate or avoid engaging with the issues at hand. At least, that is how it comes from corporate entities etc. From individuals I expect it is more a category error. Would you have preferred “disingenuous " ?