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How will new face recognition technology discriminate between identical twins?
by sit12 14y ago
How will new face recognition technology discriminate between identical twins?
- lumberjack 14y agoGood point. I hope this doesn't become yet another forensic pseudoscience tool were procedures that are very much prone to error, are treated as infallible simple because they are use technology which the common man doesn't understands.
- TeMPOraL 14y agoIt probably won't. However, with the numbers of cameras that are are being deployed everywhere, soon you'll only have to "tag" them once, and then you'll be able to track them as they move around the world.
- stfu 14y agoOr you might just "enrich" the data with some behavioral information. Maybe one twin favors vanilla and the other strawberry ice cream.
- gcr 14y agoContext. Their preferences, friends they hang out with, brands they identify with, writing style, etc. will probably be different. These are things that Facebook can see.
- apu 14y agoThat's far into the realm of sci-fi for now, given that basic face recognition is still quite poor. See my other comment for details: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4275921 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4275921