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It doesn't show that. It's literally numerical in that dark skin reflects less light than light skin , so the sensors report lower values for the entire face, r
by NaturalPhallacy 5y ago
It doesn't show that. It's literally numerical in that dark skin reflects less light than light skin , so the sensors report lower values for the entire face, reducing contrast for the entire face, which is what the recognition systems count on.
Brown eyebrows on brown skin = low contrast.
Brown eyebrows on pale skin = high contrast.
If our races were dark purple hair on bright green skin and bright green hair on dark purple skin, facial recognition systems would have no trouble with either. But that's not how humans render, so our contrast based systems struggle with low contrast.
It's like you're confusing a software/data problem with a photon/physics problem because you're thinking in your box.
- JCharante 5y agoIt's a design problem. If they tested it with POC they would have noted down "well, our primative algorithm works well for light skinned individuals but not others" And hopefully someone wouldn't have said "hmm good enough for me, let's ship it!"
- NaturalPhallacy 5y ago>algorithm This just proves that you're assuming it's a software problem when it isn't. This is basic GIGO. The light sensors feed poor quality data in for people with low contrast faces, so there's nothing the software can do about it.
- zorpner 5y agoDark-skinned people are "garbage". Got it. Your comments here are at best ignorant, and I'll stop there under the principle of charity. You need to spend some time introspecting about why you say the things you say.
- Thorrez 5y agoCouldn't it brighten the image in some way? My webcam has an advanced option panel that lets me edit both the brightness and the exposure time. I can turn it up so bright that you can't even make out any of my facial features, and I'm in a somewhat dark room lit by a single floor lamp.
- jahewson 5y agoHere’s a link to an article from the time with an expert on the subject explaining that it’s not a contrast problem: https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2009-12-hp_racist_web_cam_youtube-story.html https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2009-12-hp_racist_web...
- yawaramin 5y agoHere is what I said: > it shows that they didn't test with anyone with a darker skin tone Are you disagreeing and saying they did test on people with darker skin tone, found the issue, and decided to ship anyway? You realize that either way, it doesn't make them look good? Anyway, leaving all that aside, the article interviewing an actual face recognition software expert, shows that your guesses here are incorrect.
- NaturalPhallacy 5y agoThey aren't guesses. It's physics.