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Zuckerberg accepts that Facebook may have to pay more tax(abcnews.go.com)
1 points by pesenti 7y ago|0 comments
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by pesenti 7y ago
Einstein had a great quote: "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." Well, turns out, a lot of the world is not comprehensible. And that's what made Einstein irrelevant for the latter pa
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by pesenti 7y ago
For those not on FB: Link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-one-can-explai... "We often hear that AI systems must provide explanations and establish causal relationships, particularly for life-critica
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Standardizing OpenAI’s deep learning framework on PyTorch(openai.com)
242 points by pesenti 7y ago|116 comments
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by pesenti 7y ago
Hey I am a Facebook employee and I am really confused by all the comments here. Really feels like a "Damned if you do/Damned if you don't" situation. Can anybody actually suggest a better alternative? Not saying there is
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by pesenti 7y ago
WaPo Oped https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/29/why-whats...
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by pesenti 7y ago
My team developed Detectron ( https://github.com/facebookresearch/Detectron ) and Detectron2 (PyTorch version, coming soon). Another team optimized it for mobile. A third team integrated it with Portal.
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by pesenti 7y ago
>Do you trust Facebook to adhere to their publicly stated privacy policy? Yes. Definitely. > Do you think they have honored those policies in the past? I believe they have though I have not been at Facebook very long so I don't h
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by pesenti 7y ago
The smart camera automatically follows and zooms in people. This ads shows it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZVFzDjBBq8
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by pesenti 7y ago
More info about the underlying technology: https://ai.facebook.com/blog/smart-camera-portal-advances More info about the privacy settings: https://portal.facebook.com/privacy/ Disclosure: I work a
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by pesenti 7y ago
You identify that there is a face yes, that's face detection, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_detection , which is not the same as face recognition and doesn't need a model per person.
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by pesenti 7y ago
No: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20903110
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by pesenti 7y ago
No we don't. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20903110
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by pesenti 7y ago
No we don't. I answered in more details here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20903110 .
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by pesenti 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20901808
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by pesenti 7y ago
> How do you feel working at Facebook? See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19036507 or https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20768607 > Do you feel pressure from your peers on the outside about th
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by pesenti 7y ago
We don't discard anything because we don't specifically identify or recognize these faces in the first place. I don't think we go back to old photos, I suspect it would not be practical. But I am not positive on this one.
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by pesenti 7y ago
Can you elaborate on the "gaps"? See my other answers. I am trying to be as precise as one can be.
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by pesenti 7y ago
Thanks. 20 years in the states and still not getting it right at times ;-)
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by pesenti 7y ago
The problem is that language is ambiguous and it’s important to be accurate. I do believe that intent wise, it answers the question the way you would prefer. Let me explain. In the case you describe, Facebook no longer creates a Face Templa
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by pesenti 7y ago
No, it now defaults to off. New users and users who only had the “tags suggestions” setting have that setting off by default.
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by pesenti 7y ago
If you are not or no longer are a Facebook user or you do not have the Face Recognition on, we will not create or store a face template to recognize you. Source/Disclaimer: I work at FB and this feature is managed by my team.
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by pesenti 7y ago
The feature is now opt-in. It is turned off for all new users and for those who only had the "tag suggestion" setting on. Disclaimer: I work at Facebook and this feature is managed by my team.
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by pesenti 7y ago
That’s not accurate. If you are not a user or don’t have the FaceRec setting on, we will not create a Face Template and won’t be able to recognize you in pictures. Source/Disclaimer: I work at FB and this feature is managed by my team.
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by pesenti 7y ago
If you are not a Facebook user or you do not have the Face Recognition on, we will not create or store a face template to recognize you.
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by pesenti 7y ago
More info: https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/09/update-face-recognition... The feature is now opt-in. It is turned off for all new users and for those who only had the "tag suggestion" setting on. D
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An Update About Face Recognition on Facebook(newsroom.fb.com)
3 points by pesenti 7y ago|0 comments
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by pesenti 7y ago
I do add a disclaimer when I express an opinion. I didn't mean to imply anything here, I was just really pointing people to extra information. But I guess if that came across differently, it would have been safer to add the disclaimer
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by pesenti 7y ago
I am at FB completely by choice as I don't need to work any longer. FB is an amazing company - best talent I have ever worked with combined with some of the most interesting challenges I have ever faced. And it gives you the means and
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by pesenti 7y ago
This is the clear history feature that was announced a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16969325 . See also the engineering post that explains some of the challenges in implementing this: https://eng

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