Facial recognition: It’s time for action
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Facial recognition: It’s time for action
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#2Too late for China.
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#3>We believe it’s important for governments in 2019 to start adopting laws to regulate this technology.
We worked on facial recognition for decades, recently added it to our console and Windows10 Hello, we built a decent API into our cloud.... but um now we need governments to stop us, please?
Ok, I mean... I guess I don’t understand big company speak. I didn’t see anywhere they are shutting down their own offerings.
The concerns for “race to the bottom” of tech are interesting. A cynical person might think MS was plenty ok with it when they had little competition but now that just anyone can do it they see the problems, as just a sign of self-interest.
Not that I disagree facial recognition can be abused, it will if not already is. They got it right with genie in a bottle. I don’t trust government to regulate themselves and expect the largest abuses from them. I highly suspect my time this year in Singapore was ‘heavily calacuated’ everywhere I went.
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#4>We believe it’s important for governments in 2019 to start adopting laws to regulate this technology. We worked on facial recognition for decades, recently added it to our console and Windows10 Hello, we built a decent API into our cloud.... but um now we need governments to stop us, please? Ok, I mean... I guess I don’t understand big company speak. I didn’t see anywhere they are shutting down their own offerings.…
Regulation isn't the same thing as prohibition. Biometric sign-in wouldn't be covered by their suggestions. This is probably because biometric sign-in is not inherently abuse of AI/ML. It certainly can be though, but covering that would require prohibiting AI/ML in its entirety, even at home or in academia.
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#5This is where the ACLU should spend their time and effort rather than their political meanderings. This is politically neutral, it affects everyone and Americans should enjoy some basic rights in this realm. Govern how private entities use this tech and data. Regulate official use so it’s not abused, etc.
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#6I could've sworn just a few days ago I saw a story about MS working with the government for such things.
Re: Facial recognition: It’s time for action
#7>We believe it’s important for governments in 2019 to start adopting laws to regulate this technology. We worked on facial recognition for decades, recently added it to our console and Windows10 Hello, we built a decent API into our cloud.... but um now we need governments to stop us, please? Ok, I mean... I guess I don’t understand big company speak. I didn’t see anywhere they are shutting down their own offerings.…
Regulation isn't the same thing as prohibition. Biometric sign-in wouldn't be covered by their suggestions. This is probably because biometric sign-in is not inherently abuse of AI/ML. It certainly can be though, but covering that would require prohibiting AI/ML in its entirety, even at home or in academia.
>Regulation isn't the same thing as prohibition
True, but it’s almost always the first step in prohibition. Which isn’t to say I think prohibition possible in this case. Just that asking for government involvement is at very best a double edged sword.
As far as I know, the Azure Facial Recogition API goes well beyond signing in to things.
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#8Too late for China.
These concerns also apply to China at least to a certain degree (or to a lesser degree from a Western centric perspective) and different emphasis.
The point is: whatever being asked for here is to advance a technology for the greater good of the society, and that's government's responsibility.
It has little to do with China or geopolitical tensions. At the end of day, everyone nation needs to choose the right path for their own. If they believe some other nations are threatening their own ideology, the should build defense or sometimes offenses to counter that.
In summary, this statement is about useless as a random chant of "communism is bad".
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#9I don't understand how this could be realistically regulated. It's passive technology and its use can't be detected. It's like trying to stop people from thinking.
Re: Facial recognition: It’s time for action
#10Too late for China.
These concerns also apply to China at least to a certain degree (or to a lesser degree from a Western centric perspective) and different emphasis. The point is: whatever being asked for here is to advance a technology for the greater good of the society, and that's government's responsibility. It has little to do with China or geopolitical tensions. At the end of day, everyone nation needs to choose the right path fo…
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