Face recognition algorithms do a lot of hallucinating and are a very bad basis on which to operate a criminal justice system.

[buermann@mastodon.social]

Face recognition algorithms do a lot of hallucinating and are a very bad basis on which to operate a criminal justice system.

https://www.404media.co/ices-facial-recognition-app-misidentified-a-woman-twice/

[buermann@mastodon.social]

"A Tennessee grandmother spent nearly six months behind bars after #AI facial recognition software wrongly identified her as a suspect in a bank fraud case – in North Dakota – a state she says she had never even visited.... because she was unable to pay bills while behind bars, she lost her home, her car, and her dog.... the 8th documented wrongful arrest in the US tied to facial recognition."

Then Cass County tried to murder her like a refugee filling ICE arrest quotas:
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/tennessee-grandmother-ai-arrest-error-north-dakota-b2938261.html

[susiemagoo@mstdn.social]

@buermann This could happen to anyone.

[buermann@mastodon.social]

@susiemagoo

Twice.