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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

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Post by bryan_w »

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #44

Something they talk about a lot on the Vergecast (weekly podcast from The Verge) is that the killer app for AR is identifying people in real life for you. I think that's probably true for a lot of people who have to have a lot of professional in-person interactions with a lot of different people - which importantly includes journalists. They semi-jokingly talk about how they'd forgive many misgivings about a product…

It seems like this is their plan, but they will be forced to do it all locally. They are deleting all their face templates so that people can't accuse them of doing it remotely.

Re: Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t

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Post by dustymcp »

falcolas wrote: post #11
nikk1 wrote: post #5

Meta 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 r…

> If you really want to convey facial expressions and a personable experience, just enable video. I hate to take Meta's side, but enabling video is inviting discrimination and hate speech. Enabling audio alone has proven to be enough to bring out the worst in people online. Voice mixers and avatars will result in a much more even experience for everyone involved. Emoting through an avatar will make that experience ri…

Trolls will troll fps players Will say stupid shit its the world regardless of how many layers you wrap around it.

Re: Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t

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Post by dustymcp »

nikk1 wrote: post #24
falcolas wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Enabling audio makes it easy to find a target based on their inherit characteristics. The bar is low to find, for example, a woman to harass in a videogame over voice comms (an exceedingly common problem). FB, Reddit, et.al. require the target to actually exhibit a belief or opinion to become a target. It ironically raises the bar for being an asshole to a specific target when you can't hear them.

I do not think the solution to hate speech and discrimination is to hide the traits that make us different. If the future of the metaverse is on the blockchain, each digital identity will have a reputation to uphold. I think transparency in people's actions, a reputation system, and a simple moderation system is sufficient to manage toxic behavior.

Just like china has they are so progressive..
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