Wow, @TheOfficialACM, THE powerhouse association for computer science, just called for a ban on public and private use of facial recognition. acm.org/binaries/conte…
Its technology policy committee writes "the technology too
often produces results demonstrating clear bias," which can do "profound injury" to "the fundamental rights of individuals in specific demographic groups, including some of the most vulnerable populations in our society."
often produces results demonstrating clear bias," which can do "profound injury" to "the fundamental rights of individuals in specific demographic groups, including some of the most vulnerable populations in our society."
The committee "urges an immediate suspension of the current and future private and governmental use of FR technologies in all circumstances known or reasonably foreseeable to be prejudicial to established human and legal rights."
A year ago, the association's student magazine published a critique of the technology by @luke_stark. Worth reading now. dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.114…
