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After 9 months, the New Orleans Police Department’s use of facial recognition has resulted in zero arrests and multiple false positives (lailluminator.com)
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[–] OrganicLife@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

14 out of 15 requests were of black people. Facial recognition is notoriously bad with darker skin tones.

Racial Discrimination in Face Recognition Technology https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/racial-discrimination-in-face-recognition-technology/

[–] MisterEspinacas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, law enforcement occasionally uses polygraph tests in their investigations even though that type of "evidence" isn't admissible in court and, to be honest, what kind of scientific credibility does a piece of technology like a polygraph even have? They'll use whatever they can get their hands on even if it's questionable. Some police forces probably even have a psychic consultant or something. It scares me.

[–] DaveNa@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

And this is lemmy, a propaganda platform. That site cited as news. First source, no link. 2nd source, another "news website." 3rd source, Twitter. Half the article, opinion. OK. I'll see myself out, thank you very much.