Does Facial Recognition Invade Your Privacy?
I have recently watched a
documentary produced by Shalini Kantayya called "Coded Bias". This
screening has opened my eyes to what really happens within facial recognition
and how, at times, can invade one's personal space. The woman who was driven by
this idea of coded bias and how it affects peoples' lives is Joy Buolamwini.
Joy is a researcher who began testing different facial recognitions and noticed
how it does not recognize darker women and men. After noticing this issue she
began to do research on how the algorithms of facial recognition truly affects
the world around us, and even went to different countries to help her conduct
this study. While traveling to different countries and looking into how they
use technology and facial recognition, Joy was able to see how people's privacy
were highly invaded.
For example, in England
they have multiple cameras set up around the streets to track criminals. This
means everyone who walks by, criminal or not, are traced and their personal
identity is shown. In short, that is going against people's civil rights if
America were to do that. Another example Joy showed was in Hong Kong and the
technology there is extremely advanced. To pay for groceries, grab something
from a vending machine, and even using transportation, one must scan their face
to be approved to pay. Another key point in the documentary was about the woman
who served time and is judged based off of her artificial intelligence and what
justice she deserves. Even though she has worked extremely hard and turned her
life around, the AI still views her in a negative way. This brought attention
to Joy and her recent views against face recognition and ultimately made her
realize the downfall of artificial intelligence. After digging up more and more
research, Joy's foundation and group that she worked with began going to
different hearings and presenting their case against Artificial Intelligence.
The way AI and different technologies play a major role in society and how they
are constantly changing is scary for future generations.
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