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UK Cops Want to Use AI to Spot Child Abuse But It Mistakes Desert Pics for Nudes

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Re: UK Cops Want to Use AI to Spot Child Abuse But It Mistakes Desert Pics for Nudes

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post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't this specifically intended to identify images of child abuse though, rather than rifle through the average users pornhub cache?

Yes, but we are in fact getting a nation wide porn filter in the near future.

Are we? Source?

Re: UK Cops Want to Use AI to Spot Child Abuse But It Mistakes Desert Pics for Nudes

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Not unexpected. It's surprisingly difficult to tell your arse from your elbow: http://stupidstuff.org/ass_elbow/

Yeah the human brain i capable of finding sexual imagery in the weirdest of places.

As such i am unsure if this "AI" is failing or has become all too human.

Re: UK Cops Want to Use AI to Spot Child Abuse But It Mistakes Desert Pics for Nudes

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post #14

A bigger question is why does the police spend time looking for pornography? What type of society is the UK developing into?

This is from 20 years ago, the idea was to scan a selection of laptops going through border control on Eurostar, although it only worked on PCs:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/150465.stm

Re: UK Cops Want to Use AI to Spot Child Abuse But It Mistakes Desert Pics for Nudes

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but we are in fact getting a nation wide porn filter in the near future.

Are we? Source?

I believe they are referring to the opt-out default filter isp's have been enabling. Not sure on the laws surrounding it.

Re: UK Cops Want to Use AI to Spot Child Abuse But It Mistakes Desert Pics for Nudes

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are we? Source?

I believe they are referring to the opt-out default filter isp's have been enabling. Not sure on the laws surrounding it.

No laws requiring ISPs to apply filters. It's just a voluntary agreement between ISPs and the Government. The Digital Economy Act 2017 has provisions in it to allow ISPs to apply default filters if subscribers agree to them in terms of service.

There are requirements in the DEA 2017 for 'adult' websites to verify the age of people who visit the site with the threat of their website being blocked if they don't comply. Check openrightsgroup.org for more on this

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