Submitted by Gari_305 t3_10620l0 in Futurology
Gari_305 OP t1_j3e5bet wrote
From the article
>The breakneck development and deployment of facial recognition technology are outstripping efforts to corral alarming pitfalls.
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>Why it matters: Police, retail stores, airports and sports arenas are rapidly increasing biometric surveillance. But critics say the results are too often blindly trusted, without enough double-checking of matches.
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>Catch up quick: The latest face-recognition surveillance technology is designed to identify people seen on security cameras in real-time, or close to it.
Also from the Article
>A Black man was recently jailed for almost a week in Georgia after a facial recognition system incorrectly matched his face with a suspect in a New Orleans robbery, his lawyer told The New Orleans Advocate.
amitym t1_j3f2tci wrote
Only a week?? See, now, to me this says that automation is already greatly improving outcomes.
Before face recognition, it would have been 9 years, minimum. >_>
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