Reply to post: Re: "those that have nothing to hide so nothing to fear"

Never mind custody decisions, let's AI up our police cars

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Meh

Re: "those that have nothing to hide so nothing to fear"

There is also the possibility that the system might rule out an innocent person, whereas a human officer might mistake them for a wanted felon.

But there is a variability in human facial recognition which isn't present in duplicate copies of computer software. If one car equipped with facial recognition software decides you are probably Dr Crippen, then all the other ones that drive past you will too.

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