Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t
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Re: Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t
#2Works at Facebook, opinions are my own.
I find this article highly speculative. Facebook or Meta has not said anything on future uses, but that's for a lot of other things. Company hasn't said anything about not making weapons in the future as well.
In my opinion facial recognition technology has genuine uses, however from the privacy perspective, I personally would want all of these models to be running on my device. Google does it and so can other companies including Meta, and I find that completely fine as long as it's relevant to me and I have an option to turn it off.
Re: Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t
#3Facebook: we're moving away from this ethically and morally reprehensible technology
under their breath because the IP is better held in a different part of our corporate structure.
Re: Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t
#4Works at Facebook, opinions are my own. I find this article highly speculative. Facebook or Meta has not said anything on future uses, but that's for a lot of other things. Company hasn't said anything about not making weapons in the future as well. In my opinion facial recognition technology has genuine uses, however from the privacy perspective, I personally would want all of these models to be running on my device…
They seem to have firsthand sources to support the articles title:
> While Meta says that facial recognition isn’t a feature on Instagram and its Portal devices, the company’s new commitment doesn’t apply to its metaverse products, Meta spokesperson Jason Grosse told Recode.
Then further down, the article also links to other articles that goes deeper:
> Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth told employees that the company is evaluating the legal and privacy issues around facial recognition for its upcoming wearable gadget.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-consid...
Not sure why you think it's speculative when it's based on Meta/Facebook employees own statements.
By the way, thanks for leaving a comment here and being public about working at Facebook, can't be easy to receive so much hate, especially here on HN, but we all need everyone's perspective, so thanks a lot for providing it here!
Re: Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t
#5Meta wants to capture your biometric data so that your facial expressions and body language can be mapped onto a 3D avatar in virtual reality. Is this really the future of the metaverse? or is it just what Mark Zuckerberg thinks what the metaverse should look like?
I am a little skeptical of this vision. And I imagine most of the "metaverse" will be experienced through flat screens - and text, voice, and video will remain dominate. VR will grow but do we really need to map our physical expressions onto an avatar to play games or collaborate together? Why go through all this complexity when we can just have controls to enable our 3D avatars to emote?
If you really want to convey facial expressions and a personable experience, just enable video.
Re: Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t
#6Works at Facebook, opinions are my own. I find this article highly speculative. Facebook or Meta has not said anything on future uses, but that's for a lot of other things. Company hasn't said anything about not making weapons in the future as well. In my opinion facial recognition technology has genuine uses, however from the privacy perspective, I personally would want all of these models to be running on my device…
Yourself as a Facebook employee, you should know first hand that your employer lies to their own workforce without flinching. The only thing I will trust Facebook with is when they report their earnings.
The Facebook brand has become utterly toxic. Meta is a clean slate, but there is almost zero chance they will not load it up with toxins again. They have no incentives to be a good citizen.
Re: Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t
#7Facebook: we're moving away from this ethically and morally reprehensible technology under their breath because the IP is better held in a different part of our corporate structure.
Facial recognition is ethically and morally reprehensible technology?
Re: Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t
#8If you guys aren't born yesterday, you have realized by now that it's a step by step process.
If too much resistence, back away for a few months, then implement it again. The wheel goes round and round.
Tech is building our 1984 or brave new world society and there is nothing to be done about it.
Re: Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t
#9Facebook: we're moving away from this ethically and morally reprehensible technology under their breath because the IP is better held in a different part of our corporate structure.
Facial recognition is ethically and morally reprehensible technology?
No it's great to track and record every human around the clock and completely automated. That way, we make sure everyone stays in line and don't try to organize themselves to get rid of dictatorship.
Re: Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t
#10Works at Facebook, opinions are my own. I find this article highly speculative. Facebook or Meta has not said anything on future uses, but that's for a lot of other things. Company hasn't said anything about not making weapons in the future as well. In my opinion facial recognition technology has genuine uses, however from the privacy perspective, I personally would want all of these models to be running on my device…
Xfinity provides internet while Comcast screws customers
Trickle down is a euphemism for peeing on people from the top
It’s all obfuscating semantic games to conceal their application of agency, not literally, but cognitively