In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black::Facial recognition software has always had trouble telling Black people apart, yet police departments are still using it.

  • @firadin@lemmy.world
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    51 year ago

    Doesn’t the fact that a technology is fundamentally discriminatory mean we should question the use of that technology? Not just shrug our shoulders and say too bad?

    • Throwaway
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      31 year ago

      Shouldn’t use it at all, but the tech isn’t intentionally malicious, just a fact of the tech.

        • Throwaway
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          11 year ago

          Hell of a lot easier when its a white dude on a dark background than a black dude on a dark background. The technology is just not being used in the way it should be.