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I'm not happy about any tool that increases the ability of online mobs to direct their momentary rage at individuals, even if those individuals have done stupid

I'm not happy about any tool that increases the ability of online mobs to direct their momentary rage at individuals, even if those individuals have done stupid things. There's no check on a mob, online or otherwise, nobody in a position to impose restraint: once it's in motion, it goes until its momentum is exhausted. I don't have a solution to this problem; I philosophically don't agree with legislation to prevent publicly available facial recognition, because I think it's maybe even worse to have a government monopoly on it, but I realize we can't rely on people's good judgment and self-restraint. Maybe we have an awkward time until we develop a mature perspective on this technology.

sschueller 6y ago
We do have some solutions to this Problem. In Switzerland it is illegal to do this as it violates a persons privacy[1]. The law does need to be adjusted to make it more clear however. [1] https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/automatische-gesichtserkennung-so-einfach-ist-es-eine-ueberwachungsmaschine-zu-bauen https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/automatische-gesichtserkennu...
- emteycz 6y ago
  It's also illegal to storm the Capitol
bsenftner 6y ago
An aspect completely missed: human racial blindness. I write FR software, I am lead dev on a leading FR system. The biggest issue I see is a complete disregard for the responsibilities held by the operator of FR software. The operator of FR software has a huge responsibility, and #1 is the ability to distinguish between individuals of an ethnicity other than their own. A simple screening for this ability would be to present a series of photographs of near age siblings and cousins from a range of ethnic demographics. If a person cannot distinguish with absolute accuracy between the photos, they should not be the operator of FR software being used for any life situation altering analysis. The FR operator's job is to be the final verification for the FR software; if they cannot do this task, they should not be the operator. A secondary requirement for any FR software operator is the recognition of the simple fact that the individual being search may not be in the FR database, and any results presented are just similar appearances, and not the search target. These issues are common sense, but common sense is not common anymore.

sschueller 6y ago

We do have some solutions to this Problem. In Switzerland it is illegal to do this as it violates a persons privacy[1]. The law does need to be adjusted to make it more clear however. [1] https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/automatische-gesichtserkennung-so-einfach-ist-es-eine-ueberwachungsmaschine-zu-bauen https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/automatische-gesichtserkennu...

emteycz 6y ago
It's also illegal to storm the Capitol

bsenftner 6y ago

An aspect completely missed: human racial blindness. I write FR software, I am lead dev on a leading FR system. The biggest issue I see is a complete disregard for the responsibilities held by the operator of FR software. The operator of FR software has a huge responsibility, and #1 is the ability to distinguish between individuals of an ethnicity other than their own. A simple screening for this ability would be to present a series of photographs of near age siblings and cousins from a range of ethnic demographics. If a person cannot distinguish with absolute accuracy between the photos, they should not be the operator of FR software being used for any life situation altering analysis. The FR operator's job is to be the final verification for the FR software; if they cannot do this task, they should not be the operator. A secondary requirement for any FR software operator is the recognition of the simple fact that the individual being search may not be in the FR database, and any results presented are just similar appearances, and not the search target. These issues are common sense, but common sense is not common anymore.