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The article reads a lot like a PR piece. The 100% accuracy claim in particular seems... unlikely.

by austinkhale 6y ago

sdenton4 6y ago
Forensics loves junk science... https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/the-wear-patterns-of-your-jeans-arent-good-forensic-evidence/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/the-wear-patterns-of...
notduncansmith 6y ago
It reads like a landing page, right down to the call-to-action at the bottom. Also just noticed an article on the front page talking about Portland’s ban on facial recognition technology - so this might be a well-timed advertisement for the service.
aaron695 6y ago
What she is saying is, when she does recognise someone it's binary. There's no maybe. I take it as her trying to explain how her brain works around facial recognition. I don't read it as her claiming to be 100% accurate. Not saying she isn't lying in general though. "Are you always accurate? Yes, I just know 100 percent. You don’t have a situation where you go, “I think that might be matey from my old job”. It’s really solid and definite."
dorkwood 6y ago
I agree. She answers questions like she's being tested. I wouldn't be surprised if she needed to get approval from her boss before emailing her responses back to Vice. "Do you feel nervous when you’re doing these covert operations? Not nervous, I feel invigorated, excited and absolutely determined to do the job. We don’t always find people when we’re deployed but I can say that those people have never come past us either. That’s just as good for the venues or events organizers. We cover big gigs at arenas too. The last one I did was Slipknot. We had someone deployed at every entrance of the arena. We scanned thousands of faces and they’re all irrelevant, until that one person comes past and your hairs go up on the back of your neck and you know it’s them."

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The article reads a lot like a PR piece. The 100% accuracy claim in particular seems... unlikely.

by austinkhale 6y ago

The article reads a lot like a PR piece. The 100% accuracy claim in particular seems... unlikely.

sdenton4 6y ago
Forensics loves junk science... https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/the-wear-patterns-of-your-jeans-arent-good-forensic-evidence/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/the-wear-patterns-of...
notduncansmith 6y ago
It reads like a landing page, right down to the call-to-action at the bottom. Also just noticed an article on the front page talking about Portland’s ban on facial recognition technology - so this might be a well-timed advertisement for the service.
aaron695 6y ago
What she is saying is, when she does recognise someone it's binary. There's no maybe. I take it as her trying to explain how her brain works around facial recognition. I don't read it as her claiming to be 100% accurate. Not saying she isn't lying in general though. "Are you always accurate? Yes, I just know 100 percent. You don’t have a situation where you go, “I think that might be matey from my old job”. It’s really solid and definite."
dorkwood 6y ago
I agree. She answers questions like she's being tested. I wouldn't be surprised if she needed to get approval from her boss before emailing her responses back to Vice. "Do you feel nervous when you’re doing these covert operations? Not nervous, I feel invigorated, excited and absolutely determined to do the job. We don’t always find people when we’re deployed but I can say that those people have never come past us either. That’s just as good for the venues or events organizers. We cover big gigs at arenas too. The last one I did was Slipknot. We had someone deployed at every entrance of the arena. We scanned thousands of faces and they’re all irrelevant, until that one person comes past and your hairs go up on the back of your neck and you know it’s them."