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Massive Attack turns concert into facial recognition surveillance experiment

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Re: Massive Attack turns concert into facial recognition surveillance experiment

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Post by thw_9a83c »

> The band deployed live facial recognition technology that captured and analyzed attendees during their recent performance.

I think more drama has been created around this than is necessary. Based on the video, the real-time projected visitor's faces were not analyzed. They were simply shown with a random description flag attached, such as "energetic," "compassionate," "inspiring," "fitness influencer," or "cloud watcher." It seems to be an artistic provocation showing what a real people analysis could look like.

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Post by Loughla »

tptacek wrote: post #5

Neat and all, but I'd be even happier if they flirted with the experiment of actually touring a new album, rather than serving as trip-hop's answer to Roger Waters, touring forever on the same 12 songs.

You watch your dirty mouth. They're amazing and you know it.

But yes. They do need new material dammit.

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Post by stevage »

thw_9a83c wrote: post #11

> The band deployed live facial recognition technology that captured and analyzed attendees during their recent performance. I think more drama has been created around this than is necessary. Based on the video, the real-time projected visitor's faces were not analyzed. They were simply shown with a random description flag attached, such as "energetic," "compassionate," "inspiring," "fitness influencer," or "cloud wa…

Oh so it isn't even recognition, in that it doesn't identify the people. Just face detection.

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Post by tptacek »

bigiain wrote: post #7
tptacek wrote: post #5

Neat and all, but I'd be even happier if they flirted with the experiment of actually touring a new album, rather than serving as trip-hop's answer to Roger Waters, touring forever on the same 12 songs.

While I agree, in that I'd love a new album. God damn those are 12 great songs!

I'd say the same thing but I saw them on the Mezzanine nostalgia tour in Chicago, which was very expensive, and it was... not one of the best shows I've seen. I'd seen them a couple times prior and they were fine (I was both times surprised by the guest vocalists they'd managed to drag along on those tours). The Mezzanine tour though was like Spinal Tap's appearance on the Simpsons; "there will be no encore!".

Re: Massive Attack turns concert into facial recognition surveillance experiment

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Post by jsbisviewtiful »

tptacek wrote: post #5

Neat and all, but I'd be even happier if they flirted with the experiment of actually touring a new album, rather than serving as trip-hop's answer to Roger Waters, touring forever on the same 12 songs.

Massive Attack has 7 albums, so what are you talking about?

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Post by antonymoose »

IOUnix wrote: post #4
jkingsman wrote: post #3

Feels like this title could benefit from clarification that 'Massive Attack' refers to the band and not the concept of a large scale attack; perhaps "Band 'Massive Attack' Turns Concert into Facial Recognition Surveillance Experiment"

Hahah, great point. As a music nut I knew what it was talking about, but to people who don't it might seem alarming.

I unironically thought this was going to be about a recent terrorist attack on a concert.
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