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by BrockSamson 2615 days ago
A harmless offence by Apple? Consider that AI facial recognition is already known to have a bias which disproportionally affects people of colour [1]. Then consider that in the US the police also have documented bias against the same group [2]. This particular incident may have had a relatively small effect on this individual, but the potential for harm for this group of people when using this technology is increased by its use. That to my mind makes its use unacceptable for law enforcement, at least until this bias is addressed and corrected.

[1] https://phys.org/news/2019-02-aim-biased-ai-facial-recogniti... [2] https://www.vox.com/identities/2016/8/13/17938186/police-sho...