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In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black
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this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2023
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I don’t think this is some systematic racism. Rather, it’s the technology itself that’s lacking. I remember even those motion activated bathroom sinks had problem working well with black hands. I think they’re just not good enough at differentiating between darkness and black skin.
haha this is reminding me of an episode of Better off Ted, where they replaced all sensors with optical based ones that did not recognize black people. Their solution was to hire white guys to follow them around to open doors and turn on lights for them
That show was so underrated. Pity it ended so quickly.