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UK Police's Porn-Spotting AI Keeps Mistaking Desert Pics for Nudes (gizmodo.com)
An anonymous reader quotes Gizmodo:
London's Metropolitan Police believes that its artificial intelligence software will be up to the task of detecting images of child abuse in the next "two to three years." But, in its current state, the system can't tell the difference between a photo of a desert and a photo of a naked body... "Sometimes it comes up with a desert and it thinks its an indecent image or pornography," Mark Stokes, the department's head of digital and electronics forensics, recently told The Telegraph. "For some reason, lots of people have screen-savers of deserts and it picks it up thinking it is skin colour."
The article concludes that the London police software "has yet to prove that it can successfully differentiate the human body from arid landscapes."
The article concludes that the London police software "has yet to prove that it can successfully differentiate the human body from arid landscapes."
African, Asian, European desert lands all uncovered and untouched by man. Clean shaven of all foliage. Aching for a BBC (big black camera) to shoot all over their majestic vistas. They want long lenses and offer roads for deep penetrations into their wildest areas. Only $9.95/mo gets you all access to hours of video and thousands of pictures. Round, brown mounds of dirt, golden, flowing sands, fiery red sunsets are all waiting for you!
The big question is why the hell do they bother to detect nudes?
I would even ask why the hell do they want to spot pornography?
Both are very common human expressions and they should not be a reason for police investigation.
"The likes of Facebook and WhatsApp are free to those whose privacy is of zero value."