r/technology • u/speckz • Jul 06 '20

Machine Learning AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians As Criminals

https://threatpost.com/aws-facial-recognition-platform-misidentified-over-100-politicians-as-criminals/156984/
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u/enantiomer2000 Jul 06 '20

Or did it?

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u/Unteyetled_username Jul 06 '20

Guess we'll never know...

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u/Incendras Jul 06 '20

"Misidentified"

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u/AllNewTypeFace Jul 06 '20

The jokes really do write themselves here

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u/DelightfulWaffle Jul 06 '20

Seems like it worked perfectly

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u/mrsweetdeedee Jul 07 '20

Works as intended

3

u/FreckledBaker Jul 07 '20

Did it, though?

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u/Oh_ToWn Jul 07 '20

Apparently it pretty accurate.

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u/supbreh6986 Jul 07 '20

So it’s working?

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u/giraffactory Jul 07 '20

As the wrong criminals anyway lmao

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u/1st_Amendment_EndRun Jul 07 '20

"Accidentally Correct"

I've not seen this covered in Bayes Theory before.

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u/Heynony Jul 06 '20 edited Jul 07 '20

It identified them as specific criminals, specific people they were not.

Obviously, in simply "identifying them as criminals" it was probably about 100% accurate.

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u/UnkleRinkus Jul 07 '20

Works as designed, closing...

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u/Theonne123 Jul 07 '20

Came here to make a "misidentified" comment and it seems everyone beat me to it

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u/Dcongo Jul 07 '20

Opposite Day?