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In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

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?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

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

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