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Facebook Considers Facial Recognition for Upcoming Smart Glasses

11 points by elsewhen 6y ago

GIJOE420 6y ago
>buzzfeed news
- kyriee 6y ago
  And?
  - NeutronStar 6y ago
    He probably thinks BuzzFeed is the same as BuzzFeed News
- annadane 6y ago
  Buzzfeed news is actually very respectable. It's not what you think.
  - GIJOE420 6y ago
    Came here thinking this site had some sense of intellectuality and knowing proper news sources. Wrong call.
emptyparadise 6y ago
I'm so glad masks are socially acceptable now.
- Mediterraneo10 6y ago
  There are new algorithms that can recognize even masked faces. For example, Moscow (and presumably other "smart cities") has a vast urban security-camera system that automatically recognizes people on the basis of one's eyes and gait; this is how the authorities were able to later arrest demonstrators at their homes, even though they had been masked at the unauthorized protests.
orange_tee 6y ago
> In explaining possible use cases of facial recognition, Bosworth said that Facebook’s smart glasses may help someone recognize someone at a dinner party What a fucking joke. There is clearly no practical upside to this for the wearer, or the rest of society.
- Bancakes 6y ago
  Just another argument for how most problems have been solved and everyday technology has been feature-complete for years.
  - orange_tee 6y ago
    Since when do you first get people to buy and use your device and only later tell them how the device could become useful in some form or another? It's a joke that they are trying to push this for self serving reasons, but cannot even come up with one good reason for people to wear them.
- mettamage 6y ago
  > What a fucking joke. There is clearly no practical upside to this for the wearer, or the rest of society. Yea, not for the average person. The most creative thing I could come up with was to play a game with your eyes closed and then let your glasses tell you who's who. So, not really worthwhile. But then I thought, what if you're an old person that has issues with recognizing people. I think some of them could benefit from it. It points to a theme which is: AI could help certain senior citizens to augment their cognition, and recognizing someone via glasses is a small example of that.
  - orange_tee 6y ago
    Obviously they want to make everyone wear their monitoring cameras though. They could have created and marketed a device only for people who need it, and nobody would have complained if they had done that.
- Toutouxc 6y ago
justaman 6y ago
I think most politically minded people consider FB to be an unethical company. On top of dwindling user numbers, FB might be on its way out if they truly think people will be okay with this.
- sneak 6y ago
  Instagram and WhatsApp are as popular as ever. Their acquisition of Oculus (and its FB account requirement) isn't hurting either. I also hear their groups/classifieds product is doing very well. Unfortunately, Facebook isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
- ravenstine 6y ago
  I've been wondering this for a while. So few people I know use it now in contrast to just a couple of years ago. I think part of it has to do with how they now shove a bunch of generic viral video crap into your feed now. The other day I made a post in a small group of people I know personally(~20 people), and only 2 people even saw the post even a week later. I know that sounds trivial, but it's a stark difference from the recent past where I'd expect at least half the group to see posts. On the other hand, tons of people use Instagram now, which is undoubtedly why Facebook is trying to further integrate it with Facebook. As others have mentioned, there are products of Facebook that are doing really well. I think that the use of Facebook as a generic social media feed is dwindling, but it's still good for niche groups, classifieds, and probably other things I'm not as privy to. However, I believe this is because there isn't a sufficient replacement for what Facebook provides. Are there any alternatives to Facebook that provide similar features but aren't considered distasteful by the mainstream?
terse_malvolio 6y ago
Of course it would
AzzieElbab 6y ago
Mandatory - in the Soviet Russia your glasses looking through you
LocalH 6y ago
If anyone buys any Facebook hardware after the whole "each Oculus is tied to a single Facebook account" debacle, then quite frankly they deserve what they get, at least if they were aware of the Oculus debacle in the first place.
- foolmeonce 6y ago
  People walking around with facial recognition reporting everyone else's whereabouts to FB, probably won't get what they deserve, at least in places with civil restraint.
hourislate 6y ago
I can't think of any companies that I hate more than FB. I have never participated in their botnet and never will. It brings much joy that younger generations have moved away from the platform (at least in the US). This company can't go out of business fast enough and there is nothing more I would like to see than that to happen. What a dumpster fire.
OldHand2018 6y ago
They are going to have to be geo-fenced so they cannot operate in Texas or Illinois.
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11 points by elsewhen 6y ago

GIJOE420 6y ago

>buzzfeed news

kyriee 6y ago
And?
- NeutronStar 6y ago
  He probably thinks BuzzFeed is the same as BuzzFeed News
annadane 6y ago
Buzzfeed news is actually very respectable. It's not what you think.
- GIJOE420 6y ago
  Came here thinking this site had some sense of intellectuality and knowing proper news sources. Wrong call.

emptyparadise 6y ago

I'm so glad masks are socially acceptable now.

Mediterraneo10 6y ago
There are new algorithms that can recognize even masked faces. For example, Moscow (and presumably other "smart cities") has a vast urban security-camera system that automatically recognizes people on the basis of one's eyes and gait; this is how the authorities were able to later arrest demonstrators at their homes, even though they had been masked at the unauthorized protests.

orange_tee 6y ago

> In explaining possible use cases of facial recognition, Bosworth said that Facebook’s smart glasses may help someone recognize someone at a dinner party What a fucking joke. There is clearly no practical upside to this for the wearer, or the rest of society.

Bancakes 6y ago
Just another argument for how most problems have been solved and everyday technology has been feature-complete for years.
- orange_tee 6y ago
  Since when do you first get people to buy and use your device and only later tell them how the device could become useful in some form or another? It's a joke that they are trying to push this for self serving reasons, but cannot even come up with one good reason for people to wear them.
mettamage 6y ago
> What a fucking joke. There is clearly no practical upside to this for the wearer, or the rest of society. Yea, not for the average person. The most creative thing I could come up with was to play a game with your eyes closed and then let your glasses tell you who's who. So, not really worthwhile. But then I thought, what if you're an old person that has issues with recognizing people. I think some of them could benefit from it. It points to a theme which is: AI could help certain senior citizens to augment their cognition, and recognizing someone via glasses is a small example of that.
- orange_tee 6y ago
  Obviously they want to make everyone wear their monitoring cameras though. They could have created and marketed a device only for people who need it, and nobody would have complained if they had done that.
Toutouxc 6y ago

justaman 6y ago

I think most politically minded people consider FB to be an unethical company. On top of dwindling user numbers, FB might be on its way out if they truly think people will be okay with this.

sneak 6y ago
Instagram and WhatsApp are as popular as ever. Their acquisition of Oculus (and its FB account requirement) isn't hurting either. I also hear their groups/classifieds product is doing very well. Unfortunately, Facebook isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
ravenstine 6y ago
I've been wondering this for a while. So few people I know use it now in contrast to just a couple of years ago. I think part of it has to do with how they now shove a bunch of generic viral video crap into your feed now. The other day I made a post in a small group of people I know personally(~20 people), and only 2 people even saw the post even a week later. I know that sounds trivial, but it's a stark difference from the recent past where I'd expect at least half the group to see posts. On the other hand, tons of people use Instagram now, which is undoubtedly why Facebook is trying to further integrate it with Facebook. As others have mentioned, there are products of Facebook that are doing really well. I think that the use of Facebook as a generic social media feed is dwindling, but it's still good for niche groups, classifieds, and probably other things I'm not as privy to. However, I believe this is because there isn't a sufficient replacement for what Facebook provides. Are there any alternatives to Facebook that provide similar features but aren't considered distasteful by the mainstream?

terse_malvolio 6y ago

Of course it would

AzzieElbab 6y ago

Mandatory - in the Soviet Russia your glasses looking through you

LocalH 6y ago

If anyone buys any Facebook hardware after the whole "each Oculus is tied to a single Facebook account" debacle, then quite frankly they deserve what they get, at least if they were aware of the Oculus debacle in the first place.

foolmeonce 6y ago
People walking around with facial recognition reporting everyone else's whereabouts to FB, probably won't get what they deserve, at least in places with civil restraint.

hourislate 6y ago

I can't think of any companies that I hate more than FB. I have never participated in their botnet and never will. It brings much joy that younger generations have moved away from the platform (at least in the US). This company can't go out of business fast enough and there is nothing more I would like to see than that to happen. What a dumpster fire.

OldHand2018 6y ago

They are going to have to be geo-fenced so they cannot operate in Texas or Illinois.

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