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I think the cat is out of the bag. There's enough public datasets and published methodologies that are relatively simple to implement, that quite usable facial
by PeterisP 6y ago
I think the cat is out of the bag. There's enough public datasets and published methodologies that are relatively simple to implement, that quite usable facial recognition software is within the bounds of an undergraduate homework project. Sure, IBM can probably make it more accurate, but nonetheless, if somebody wants to make a tool that does e.g. ethnic profiling, then they can do it without the help of IBM, the techniques for solving similar vision tasks are known and people who can do it are widespread.
- regularfry 6y agoThe relevant difference between IBM and the undergrad is that the latter will have a hard time pitching to governments.
- PeterisP 6y agoAny interested government department where a manager wants this can hire a random graduate that can implement this for them, it could be literally be a one-man project with a trivial budget. There's no multimillion purchase pitch required, a regional niche department can do it in their own kitchen without involving the rest of the government using spare change they have to spend until the end of the fiscal year in order to not get the next year's budget reduced.