Posted on 10/03/2019 4:02:23 PM PDT by RummyChick
Google has been seeking facial scans of people with 'darker skin' as part of its efforts to improve the company's facial scan software.
The company has sent out teams of temp workers, hired through the staffing agency Randstad, to scan people's faces in exchange for $5 gift cards.
Workers for the program said they were directed to target homeless people and college students.
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WHO is the person that thought this was a GOOD PR move!!:)
There’s nothing wrong with companies doing all they can to improve the accuracy of their products.
It was not a PR move, it was a research move.
Facial recognition programs have trouble with dark images.
Black people have dark skin.
In an effort to improve their algorithms they needed more data.
THAT’S ALL THERE IS TOO IT
(And I am NOT a fan)
What’s wrong with it? They got bashed for their poor results with black faces and so working to improve.
(And yes, they are an evil CIA front that should be shut down.)
One of the issues is not revealing what they were doing to these people and why.
and yes..CIA is infamous for doing that
Ah man! No they dint! Un friggin believable
"What do you mean my face broke your scanner!?"
I guess in China they’re having difficulty with the tech because , they all look alike.
You’re thinking of the 50s and I don’t blame you it was probably much nicer! :)
But this HAD TO blow up in their face. In 2019 anyone who works there and didn’t know that is a moron or a robot.
Workers for the program said they were directed to target homeless people
It would have been okay, except that the gift cards were for muffin stumps and flagged books.
Get PR people to decide the best way to go about it.
GOOGLE is part of the reason things are today and i hope this hurts them bad.
Googlevil
The problem is that they lied to the people about what they were doing.
They should’ve just explained that they needed more data and needed volunteers.
You are talking business sense.
CIA would rather give you LSD in secret and watch you trip in public.
Face the Goolag.
The trials were going great until Ralph Northam and Justin Trudeau came by in blackface.
You win
I laughed out loud.
Best post of the day
Well-stated.
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