Hot take

Aw man. If the photo is anything to go by, they might have cured it of racism, which you’d think was a good thing and that I’m a racist asshole, but the fix could actually increase its use for racism.

That is, ironically, a system that’s only really good at identifying one race (usually white people like a large percentage of the people who made the systems) is a bit harder to (mis)use that way.

The only way to (mis)use an accidentally racist facial recognition system is to persecute everyone it can’t identify, and you wouldn’t need an expensive system to do that. And it’s a lot easier to get called out for what you’re doing, either way.

When the system works on all people of all skin colours, this can allow a racist user of it to pick and choose and plead innocence.

Slightly more mainstream hot take

Facial recognition is dystopian and should be yaten into the sun.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A cross-party coalition of 65 British lawmakers called on Friday for a pause in use of live facial recognition surveillance on the country’s streets.

British police have previously deployed live facial recognition at a number of large-scale public events, including the recent coronation of King Charles II.

The move comes after policing minister Chris Philp, speaking at the ruling Conservative party’s annual conference this week, suggested a new database of British passports could be used to catch criminals through biometric surveillance, drawing criticism from some.

In a joint statement published on Friday, lawmakers from across the political spectrum said: “We call on UK police and private companies to immediately stop using live facial recognition for public surveillance.”

Signatories included veteran Conservative MP David Davis, Labour politicians Diane Abbott and John McDonnell, and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey.

“This dangerously authoritarian technology has the potential to turn populations into walking ID cards in a constant police line-up,” said Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch.

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This is the best summary I could come up with:

LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A cross-party coalition of 65 British lawmakers called on Friday for a pause in use of live facial recognition surveillance on the country’s streets.

British police have previously deployed live facial recognition at a number of large-scale public events, including the recent coronation of King Charles II.

The move comes after policing minister Chris Philp, speaking at the ruling Conservative party’s annual conference this week, suggested a new database of British passports could be used to catch criminals through biometric surveillance, drawing criticism from some.

In a joint statement published on Friday, lawmakers from across the political spectrum said: “We call on UK police and private companies to immediately stop using live facial recognition for public surveillance.”

Signatories included veteran Conservative MP David Davis, Labour politicians Diane Abbott and John McDonnell, and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey.

“This dangerously authoritarian technology has the potential to turn populations into walking ID cards in a constant police line-up,” said Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch.

The original article contains 242 words, the summary contains 169 words. Saved 30%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!