A faculty member has been asking how to stop Zoom from removing his head when he uses a virtual background. We suggested the usual plain background, good lighting etc, but it didn't work. I was in a meeting with him today when I realized why it was happening.
any guesses? 
Turns out @zoom_us has a crappy face-detection algorithm that erases black faces...and determines that a nice pale globe in the background must be a better face than what should be obvious.
Images were taken and shared with permission.
Geez...any guesses why @Twitter defaulted to show only the right side of the picture on mobile?
Flipped the image....@Twitter is trash.
In case you’re wondering, this goes far deeper than who gets to be seen in a zoom call or Twitter, and it’s not new. wired.com/story/best-alg…
Innocent people are in jail because of these same algorithms. nytimes.com/2020/06/24/tec…
And it’s the same trash technology that @proctorio claims, despite evidence, helps ‘catch’ so-called cheaters on trash tests. Guess whose face is going to be flagged more than mine... #IStandWithLinkletter @Linkletter
I think this is important, but tbh ‘better surveillance’ is not the outcome I’m hoping for. Maybe we burn it down, starting with @proctorio @Turnitin @examity @AWSrekognition @Twitter can let me crop my own pics.
https://twitter.com/dantley/status/1307432466441859072
It’s almost midnight here on the west coast of Canada, and still sept 19. Today would have been Paulo Freire’s 99th birthday. I think this quote from Pedagogy of the Oppressed is appropriate. @dantley
https://twitter.com/colinmadland/status/1063826986840154112
It’s important to realize that the problems with Twitter and Zoom are small potatoes compared to the fact that this same technology is being used to put innocent people in jail. This tech destroys Black lives and families. #BlackLivesMatter
For those in the back...
https://twitter.com/colinmadland/status/1307143437355900928
Not even the #UsherOfTheBlackRod gets a showing against a bald, bearded white dude.
https://twitter.com/colinmadland/status/1308873966443016192?s=20
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