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Yes, they did. It's great that they explained their config choices, so that folks with domain knowledge can evaluate reliability of their test, and report back.

For those of us without domain knowledge, however, what the ACLU published is wildly misleading, to the point of being actively disingenuous. What are folks without baseline STEM education, much less AI education, supposed to take from the ACLU article other than "Amazon AI is racist and dangerously ineffective"? Do you think they are opening up the Rekognition docs to evaluate if the default config is appropriate for this test?

(By the way, I wouldn't be surprised if Rekognition is actually racially biased. I also feel a bit icky criticizing the ACLU here — they do great work, and I encourage everyone to donate.)