[paunchy]

I work at TASER/Axon, the company asserted to have this technology. This article, which appeared on the front page of the Drudge report this morning, is extremely disingenuous.

They have repackaged a press release that announced our investments in computer vision and machine learning and have made a huge leap that we have built or are currently building facial recognition into our cameras. This is false.

We believe that AI has the potential to streamline police work and reduce inefficiency. Police officers spend a substantial amount of time (65% according to a Netherlands study) doing administrative tasks like report writing and filling out forms. Our goal is to reduce this wasted time so that officers can spend more time in the street and with their communities.

If this sounds interesting, we're hiring! Come join our team in Seattle and write code that saves lives.

[hackuser]

Thanks for sharing your perspective. Reducing inefficiency would be great, but what is TASER/Axon's view about this technology's effects on privacy and civil rights (EDIT: and on their responsibility to create products that protect rights and sell them to users who will do the same).

[smilesnd]

What is the technology/stack/infrastructure used there?