Scientists Detect Potential Criminals via Face Recognition

About time to use it!

I predict yet another multimillion dollar system that can be rendered useless by some "fake mustaches and fake beards".

So I could be labelled a potential terrorist because I go for a daily run around my local park?

This is the legal Big Brother. Another crap to controll peoples life.We will live in a big cage.

I like to say 'victim of society'

So if a computer does it it's considered a marvel of technology... but if *I* do it, I'm labeled a racist?

Because you can't tell me those black guys hanging out on the corner all day with their pants falling off their ass and no job are up to any form of good.

Maybe the difference is the computer doesn't feel the need to inject social commentary into it's output.

On another note, we just moved a baby step closer toward a Minority Report society.

No, you're a racist because you make blanket statements about entire groups of people based on the color of their skin and/or the clothing they wear.

Speaking of people not being up to any good, what good have you contributed to society lately?

I love this technology.... on the TV show "Persons of Interest" on CBS

Are people that stupid. Wake up!

I sure it would weed-out regulars, or the entire system would be kinda useless.

Actually a "regular" could be stalking another "regular" on a "regular" basis...

anyone and everyone can be a potential criminal, is the police going to stop everyone?.....FAIL

Exactly! It drives me crazy how people are not allowed to use common sense any more. The fact is that as this type of technology progresses and grows we will find that the stereotypes are there for a reason.
Racism is when you are repulsed by a particular person based on their skin color, not because you are repulsed by their life choices. There are plenty of black people who are great (I work with them), and plenty who are hoodlums. There are plenty of white people who are great, and there are plenty who are trailer trash. Every race has their good and their bad, and it is generally obvious by how they choose to dress themselves, how they treat others, and the lifestyles that they idolize. One of these days when the tech can tell the difference it will be disbanded because it will be deemed that the people who designed it were raciest in the first place.

@toxin440 :
So true most people can't distinguish racism from discrimination or dissaprobation of lowlife stylers.

Call me an asshole, but this just reminded me of a "Racist Face Detection" problem that HP was dealing with before. Sure hope that doesn't happen here lmao.

If it is anything like Kinect, it won't even be able to detect dark-skinned perps.

First of all, you folks don't know what those black guys with the baggy pants on the corner are doing. They could be drumming up support for a community youth center or gathering signatures for a petition for all you know. Furthermore, even if those black guys are "gang-bangin' drug dealers", are they really any more criminal than a group of rich, white, well dressed CEOs that use their power and influence to buy an election for their political candidate of choice? Perhaps some of you aren't aware of this but the expression "you can't judge a book by it's cover" isn't actually referring to books.

While it may not be outright racist to make such sweeping generalizations based on the way someone dresses, it does come from an equally closed-minded, ignorant, and intolerant mindset. Such a way of thinking, while still far too common, has ultimately never made much sense.

OT: Facial recognition technology used for purposes such as that discussed in the article sets a terrifying precedent. It should be outlawed.

Unlikely. LEO would more likely track you down to see if you saw anything suspicious.

Okay I think it's obvious toxin440 is just creating multiple accounts to push his racist thoughts, talk about a low life!

By the way, racism is discrimination. There is no point in even arguing this, just look in a dictionary you f-ing moron

Going to your favorite spot, banned in Britain

From Merriam-Webster - a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race

From Oxford - the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race , especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races

By these definitions, no this program is not exhibiting racist behaviors. It is not looking at their "race" but instead it is doing analyses on their "behavior".

I was responding to the moron making a racist statement.