From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Fri Oct 01 1999 - 23:03:30 MDT
Eugene Leitl wrote:
> It would seem a very good idea to not let this happen too
> easily. Pilot projects on face recognition for criminal deterrance are
> on the way, and ubiquitous cameras are certainly proliferating. A
> carnival, anybody?
Eugene why not let this happen too quickly? Our current system of
identifying perpetrators relies on face recognition, but done
by extremely fallible and often panicky carbon units. I would
think we would be much better off with machines doing the
face recognition, voice recognition or perhaps body offgassing
recognition instruments.
There are undoubtedly many innocent black people who rot
away in prisons while the real perpetrators go free to victimize
others, simply because our face-recognition bioware is less
effective with those of African descent than with others.
Before you jump me or flame me, think this over. Im proposing
a testable hypothesis. We could surely invent software that
could identify faces more accurately than can humans, which
would keep innocents out of prisons and get dangerous felons
off the streets. That being the case, *why not* let this happen
too quickly? Let it happen! It cannot happen too quickly.
Where Im going with this is: NO FEAR. Popular catch phrase
today. If you are not committing crimes, then no fear. You *want*
face rec instruments everywhere. If you *are* a violent criminal,
then yes, be afraid, be very afraid. The future may not be your
kinda place, but for the rest of us, face rec software is your friend.
spike
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