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Hey HN! I am an editor on this piece, which I think highlights a trend not enough people are aware of. Would definitely welcome feedback / any knowledge wrt the
by andreyk 5y ago
Hey HN! I am an editor on this piece, which I think highlights a trend not enough people are aware of. Would definitely welcome feedback / any knowledge wrt these kinds of news stories you think is relevant.
- cratermoon 5y agoYou should do a piece on how the racial biases used to determine the "correct" color balance for film grew into the algorithms for facial recognition and result in the terrible accuracy for non-white non-males. https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/racial-discrimination-in-face-recognition-technology/ https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/racial-discriminatio...
- charlescearl 5y agoTawana Petty https://tawanapetty.org/ https://tawanapetty.org/ is a Detroit based activist who has been at the fore front of the movement addressing algorithmic bias in policing. In a country based on the precept that all Black people are the “bad guy” until proven otherwise, any and all facial surveillance should be ended. References for that statement? How about Angela Davis: Davis, Angela. Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prison, Torture, and Empire. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005.
- andreyk 5y agoThanks for letting us know!