Archived Amazons facial recognition matched 28 members of Congress to criminal mugshots (theverge.com)
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Archived Amazons facial recognition matched 28 members of Congress to criminal mugshots (theverge.com)
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[–] wesmoc ago
Completely glossed over in the article is the most important point: the ACLU rigged the results. How is it that the ACLU gets a pass at being technically challenged?!
“an Amazon spokesperson attributed the results to poor calibration. The ACLU’s tests were performed using Rekognition’s default confidence threshold of 80 percent — but Amazon says it recommends at least a 95 percent threshold for law enforcement applications where a false ID might have more significant consequences.”
[–] Kannibal [S] ago
because no one ever uses software with just the default settings
right?