He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition led to arrest of the wrong man
I wish I could say that I was shocked that the victim of bad facial recognition is black. I wish I could say that I'm shocked that authorities take the word of software over looking at the evidence and thinking, "umm, doesn't <i>look</i> like him..." Or perhaps someone did look and said, "meh, they all look the same to me."<p>All I know is that I'm highly skeptical that this white guy would suffer the same fate, even if I were to have a similar criminal record. Facial recognition seems to be the polygraph for a new century. But unlike a polygraph, it mostly false positives only for dark-skinned people. While I'm not quite ready to allow my cynicism to let me think it is an <i>intentional</i> feature, I question how many are demanding a fix.