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After 9 months, the New Orleans Police Department’s use of facial recognition has resulted in zero arrests and multiple false positives (lailluminator.com)
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[–] OrganicLife@reddthat.com 147 points 2 years ago (25 children)

14 out of 15 requests were of black people. Facial recognition is notoriously bad with darker skin tones.

Racial Discrimination in Face Recognition Technology https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/racial-discrimination-in-face-recognition-technology/

[–] oct2pus@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Minor correction.
15 out of 15 requests were of black people. 14 of those requests were black men and 1 was a black woman.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you for your service!

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