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What is missing is figures about how many cases facial recognition helped solve. Without figures, it's difficult to tell if it brings more troubles than benefi
by kleene_op 5y ago
What is missing is figures about how many cases facial recognition helped solve.
Without figures, it's difficult to tell if it brings more troubles than benefits.
It really sucks for those wrongly convicted, but it may cause more harm not to use this technology.
An immediate way to alleviate those injustices would be to instruct police officers that statistical models do not spit absolute truths. Great tools are not a substitute for either thinking nor humanity.
- andreyk 5y agoTrue - this article presents a nice overview with more details on that https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/12/technology/facial-recognition-police.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/12/technology/facial-recogni...
- brg 5y agoAlong the same lines, I'd be interested in seeing what is the difference in incorrect arrests in communities with facial recognition and without. Its terrible that anyone is falsely accused, but if the use of the technology decreases incorrect arrests thats a valuable trade-off.
- atoav 5y agoI'd like to see how many cases facial recognition helped solve compared to just throwing dice. As a society our decision used to bw that you are not convicted unless proven guilty. This principle is not a minor thing and maybe you choose the wrong thing to optimise here?
- chrismcb 5y agoHow will it cause more harm not to use this technology? It can't possibly cause more harm to not just it on the future than not using it in the past.
- alisonkisk 5y ago> An immediate way to alleviate those injustices would be to pay restitution to the victims of abuse at the hands of the State.