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So sad that we can't have nice things. I like the feature that automatically tags people in pictures. Sometimes I have trouble remembering people's names (not

So sad that we can't have nice things. I like the feature that automatically tags people in pictures. Sometimes I have trouble remembering people's names (not face blindness or similar, just regular trouble I guess). I would love to have smart glasses that show the name of someone I've met before but don't quite remember. But alas, our society being what it is people will abuse facial recognition, so I can't have that it seems...

amelius 5y ago
> So sad that we can't have nice things. Privacy is also a nice thing.
SavantIdiot 5y ago
I didn't like that feature, and neither did my circle, back when I was on Facebook. We found it unnerving. But we are older and perhaps prefer the illusion of privacy, and not anyone being able to out us by uploading a picture and being archived/cataloged non-consensually.
SNosTrAnDbLe 5y ago
The question is are you ok with some stranger adding a picture of you on facebook and then facebook promptly tags you on their profile.
- kapp_in_life 5y ago
  Knowing that someone I don't know uploaded a photo of me seems like a good feature, yes.
  - nitrogen 5y ago
    But now everyone else knows, too. That's not such a great feature.
    - bigzyg33k 5y ago
      But that isn’t how the feature worked
    - cecilpl2 5y ago
      Not if you set Facebook to require your approval for all tags. Then you know before everyone else.
      - jacquesm 5y ago
        Which in turn requires you to have a facebook account.
- strulovich 5y ago
  I’m pretty sure it was only applied on Facebook friends posts, ideally those are not strangers.
the_other 5y ago
> I would love to have smart glasses that show the name of someone I've met before but don't quite remember. Or you could just tell them you don't remember. It's rarely rude. It's better to be human. We all forget stuff all the time. If we stopped imagining that everyone else is holding everyone else to impossible levels of "quality" we'd all be much better off. Just admit you don't remember their name. If you feel really bad about it, work in a little story about what you do remember about them. If you don't remember anything, then the meeting wasn't important to you so just let it go. If it was somehow important to them, there'll be a way to resolve this. Or there won't and you'll have a lost a friend but all of that is better than hiding your humanity behind a robot. Perhaps we need to issue a new "Turning Test". Can a human tell the difference between a human and a human with machine assistance? And does it matter?
- whimsicalism 5y ago
  > Or you could just tell them you don't remember. It's rarely rude. It's better to be human. We all forget stuff all the time. I've decided that I must be atypical around name recall for some reason or another. I often do ask, because as you said it is human to forget, but I find myself forgetting like 3 times in the course of a conversation sometimes, I could really use a machine of this sort.
  - jdavis703 5y ago
    Face blindness probably operates on a spectrum. I too aren’t face blind, but often struggle to remember the names of infrequent contacts until I get some other prompt, like vocal recognition. I assume this is less of a genetic problem, but related to having undiagnosed myopia as a child when perhaps facial recognition pathways are in a critical development stage.
    - whimsicalism 5y ago
      I think for me it is genetic, my dad is also very bad at this - although he is more confidently wrong than I am.
drusepth 5y ago
I've also been eagerly awaiting a feature that'd notify me if I ever showed up in a stranger's photos (at concerts, travelling, etc). I know FB has the technology but the feature apparently never materialized. There's a lot of useful stuff you can do when people stop abusing that stuff.
- whimsicalism 5y ago
  pimeyes can do this
zamalek 5y ago
> I like the feature that automatically tags people in pictures. Yeah, when it first launched I thought "this is what facial recognition is for," completely oblivious to the privacy concerns. In a world where privacy wasn't exploited: A photo album that automatically finds you in other people's photos is really awesome. Imagine you went to a concert and your phone died, there would likely be dozens of photos with you in the frame. You could likely amass a treasure trove of unexpected perspectives of your memories, from complete strangers. Fun ideas that are completely incompatible with reality...
jacquesm 5y ago
It would be fine if that information stayed with you. The fact that it is pumped around from service to service is what causes the problems.

amelius 5y ago

> So sad that we can't have nice things. Privacy is also a nice thing.

SavantIdiot 5y ago

I didn't like that feature, and neither did my circle, back when I was on Facebook. We found it unnerving. But we are older and perhaps prefer the illusion of privacy, and not anyone being able to out us by uploading a picture and being archived/cataloged non-consensually.

SNosTrAnDbLe 5y ago

The question is are you ok with some stranger adding a picture of you on facebook and then facebook promptly tags you on their profile.

kapp_in_life 5y ago
Knowing that someone I don't know uploaded a photo of me seems like a good feature, yes.
- nitrogen 5y ago
  But now everyone else knows, too. That's not such a great feature.
  - bigzyg33k 5y ago
    But that isn’t how the feature worked
  - cecilpl2 5y ago
    Not if you set Facebook to require your approval for all tags. Then you know before everyone else.
    - jacquesm 5y ago
      Which in turn requires you to have a facebook account.
strulovich 5y ago
I’m pretty sure it was only applied on Facebook friends posts, ideally those are not strangers.

the_other 5y ago

> I would love to have smart glasses that show the name of someone I've met before but don't quite remember. Or you could just tell them you don't remember. It's rarely rude. It's better to be human. We all forget stuff all the time. If we stopped imagining that everyone else is holding everyone else to impossible levels of "quality" we'd all be much better off. Just admit you don't remember their name. If you feel really bad about it, work in a little story about what you do remember about them. If you don't remember anything, then the meeting wasn't important to you so just let it go. If it was somehow important to them, there'll be a way to resolve this. Or there won't and you'll have a lost a friend but all of that is better than hiding your humanity behind a robot. Perhaps we need to issue a new "Turning Test". Can a human tell the difference between a human and a human with machine assistance? And does it matter?

whimsicalism 5y ago
> Or you could just tell them you don't remember. It's rarely rude. It's better to be human. We all forget stuff all the time. I've decided that I must be atypical around name recall for some reason or another. I often do ask, because as you said it is human to forget, but I find myself forgetting like 3 times in the course of a conversation sometimes, I could really use a machine of this sort.
- jdavis703 5y ago
  Face blindness probably operates on a spectrum. I too aren’t face blind, but often struggle to remember the names of infrequent contacts until I get some other prompt, like vocal recognition. I assume this is less of a genetic problem, but related to having undiagnosed myopia as a child when perhaps facial recognition pathways are in a critical development stage.
  - whimsicalism 5y ago
    I think for me it is genetic, my dad is also very bad at this - although he is more confidently wrong than I am.

drusepth 5y ago

I've also been eagerly awaiting a feature that'd notify me if I ever showed up in a stranger's photos (at concerts, travelling, etc). I know FB has the technology but the feature apparently never materialized. There's a lot of useful stuff you can do when people stop abusing that stuff.

whimsicalism 5y ago
pimeyes can do this

zamalek 5y ago

> I like the feature that automatically tags people in pictures. Yeah, when it first launched I thought "this is what facial recognition is for," completely oblivious to the privacy concerns. In a world where privacy wasn't exploited: A photo album that automatically finds you in other people's photos is really awesome. Imagine you went to a concert and your phone died, there would likely be dozens of photos with you in the frame. You could likely amass a treasure trove of unexpected perspectives of your memories, from complete strangers. Fun ideas that are completely incompatible with reality...

jacquesm 5y ago

It would be fine if that information stayed with you. The fact that it is pumped around from service to service is what causes the problems.