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New Orleans rolled out facial recognition. It led to exactly zero arrests. https://gizmodo.com/facial-recognition-new-orleans-police-no-arrests-1850692101 http
by jonathankoren 3y ago
New Orleans rolled out facial recognition. It led to exactly zero arrests.
https://gizmodo.com/facial-recognition-new-orleans-police-no-arrests-1850692101 https://gizmodo.com/facial-recognition-new-orleans-police-no...
- dd82 3y agoIs that because NOLA police used recognition as part of the investigation toolbox, not as an auto-arrest rubber stamp?
- jonathankoren 3y agoSomewhere in NOPD, “Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket.”
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoI think that's the key to this and many other stories. Police turn on tool turn off brain. Outsourcing their thinking to a tool about which they don't understand the implications of the resulting data. Tool says you; arrest.