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The problem is that that’s essentially what most “facial recognition” systems used for law enforcement and adjacent do: they filter by skin color - false positi
by olliej 2y ago
The problem is that that’s essentially what most “facial recognition” systems used for law enforcement and adjacent do: they filter by skin color - false positives are overwhelmingly black.
- cute_boi 2y agoIn that case, they can use human review before accusing anyone.
- Larrikin 2y agoThis could be reasonable policy if the police in the US didn't have racial bias in enforcement. It's not even historically
- PM_me_your_math 2y ago[dead]
- Shawnj2 2y agoPhotographic equipment “accidentally” being bad at taking pictures of dark skinned people- the more things change, the more they stay the same
- RecycledEle 2y agoWhy would the false positives be overwhelmingly black unless the fare jumpers are also overwhelmingly black?