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Facial Recognition Has To Be Regulated To Protect the Public, Says AI Report (technologyreview.com)
A new report (PDF) from the AINow Institute calls for the U.S. government to take general steps to improve the regulation of facial recognition technology amid much debate over the privacy implications. "The implementation of AI systems is expanding rapidly, without adequate governance, oversight, or accountability regimes," it says. The report suggests, for instance, extending the power of existing government bodies in order to regulate AI issues, including use of facial recognition: "Domains like health, education, criminal justice, and welfare all have their own histories, regulatory frameworks, and hazards." MIT Technology Review reports: It also calls for stronger consumer protections against misleading claims regarding AI; urges companies to waive trade-secret claims when the accountability of AI systems is at stake (when algorithms are being used to make critical decisions, for example); and asks that they govern themselves more responsibly when it comes to the use of AI. And the document suggests that the public should be warned when facial-recognition systems are being used to track them, and that they should have the right to reject the use of such technology.
The report also warns about the use of emotion tracking in face-scanning and voice detection systems. Tracking emotion this way is relatively unproven, yet it is being used in potentially discriminatory ways -- for example, to track the attention of students. "It's time to regulate facial recognition and affect recognition," says Kate Crawford, cofounder of AINow and one of the lead authors of the report. "Claiming to 'see' into people's interior states is neither scientific nor ethical."
The report also warns about the use of emotion tracking in face-scanning and voice detection systems. Tracking emotion this way is relatively unproven, yet it is being used in potentially discriminatory ways -- for example, to track the attention of students. "It's time to regulate facial recognition and affect recognition," says Kate Crawford, cofounder of AINow and one of the lead authors of the report. "Claiming to 'see' into people's interior states is neither scientific nor ethical."
Frog : It's hot...
Frog2 : The pan has been changing since the beginning of time, there's not enough data to say it's hot.
Frog : Wait, we're in a PAN... on the fucking STOVE. It's getting hot, seriously. See, that's like almost boiling over there.
Frog2 : I see the boiling. I don't believe it. I'm like a smart frog, ok? Everyone knows.
It amazes me that people believe that AI(Machine Learning) can be regulated. There is no hard to purchase component like plutonium for an atomic bomb. The code to do machine vision is available everywhere. It doesn't take special hardware, yes, a good GPU can speed up the training phase but strictly speaking, it's not necessary. Please let me know how someone intends to regulate such a thing.
Deity forbid, a private citizen will collect a database of strangers passing by his house, is that it? Horrors, if allowed at all, it must require a government-issued license and assault-type face-recognition must be banned by Federal Law!
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
After years of exhilarating, underwhelming, and experimental fat sex, I have come to this conclusion: I love facesitting. For the uninitiated, facesitting is the act of sitting on a personâ(TM)s face. To be frank, itâ(TM)s one of the best orgasms Iâ(TM)ve ever had.
As a fat woman, Iâ(TM)ve experienced hang-ups about my naked body and sex. I questioned if I could even try something like facesitting. When I started having sex, I didnâ(TM)t let anyone touch my bellyâ"so the thought of wrapping my thighs around someoneâ(TM)s head and squatting down on them seemed like something for other people, not me. My insecurities stemmed from within. I would stare at my naked body in a mirror and ask myself: Am I too fat to try this specific sex act? Will I crush my partner?
Iâ(TM)m not the only fat woman to have experienced this fear. âoeI used to be scared that I was going to literally kill someone,â 28-year-old Toronto resident Rachel Matheson tells me. âoeThen I realized that if a man dies while his face is being sat on, he died doing what he loved.â
It took me a long time to get to a place where I realized my insecurities were in my head. I learned that people of all sizes can enjoy all forms of sex if you approach it right. But how to get out of your head, and enjoy facesitting for the first time?
Itâ(TM)s OK to feel anxious the first time
You have to be confident to try facesitting, but confidence can also come with practice. The first time Matheson tried it, she was so worried about how she looked and smelled that she lost sight of what was happening. But now she's a convert.
Anxiety about how your genitals smell and look affects women of all sizes and ages. But donâ(TM)t let that fear take away from your wants, needs, and desires. Start looking at your naked body in the mirror and appreciating it, not just during sex but each and every single day.
Communicate verbally and non-verbally about your desires
Sex therapist Sonalee Rashatwar, who uses they/them pronouns, tells me that couples need to have explicit conversations about what verbal and non-verbal indicators display that the experience is pleasurable for the person on the bottom. If the person on top becomes too engrossed in the act, they may block the bottom partner's air supply. Rashatwar suggests the bottom partner tap on the top partner's thighs or arms, to let the person on top know if they need a little more air.
âoeThere should be ongoing communication," Rashatwar explains. "Not just in the form of, 'Can you breathe?' but also, 'Are you enjoying this? Is this getting you off? Am I arousing you? What can I do to make this feel better? Are there toys we could be using? How could I have made this more pleasurable for you?'â
Couples should discuss what they specifically enjoy in advance. âoeNot all folks enjoy oral pleasure like clitoral stimulation and not all folks enjoy anal pleasure like rimming,â Rashatwar says. Get your desires out in the open before you climb on top, to ensure the experience is pleasurable for everyone.
Find techniques that work for your body
Facesitting can be challenging for some fat people, but Rashatwar has tips to make things easier. They suggest the bottom partner use a pillow to prop up their neck, so they have enough space to breathe and move their neck and arms throughout the act. If you have a memory foam bed at home, Rashatwar suggests moving to a firm ottoman, or the floor, as the memory foam could cause the two parties to sink into the bed and feel unstable.
A pillow under the bottom partner's neck also enables the person on top, whoâ(TM)s doing the facesitting, to have some support under their legs. This is great if they have knee problems. Ultimately, though, both parties should experiment until they find a facesitting position that works for them.
Listen to your body
Being a fat girl on top can be physically tiri
"AINow Institute" is a "thinktank" which will write expensive treatises and provide consulting to these new governmental entities.
The pot cannot regulate the kettle.
https://www.youtube.com/c/BrendaEM
Frog 2 (later): Ok it's pretty hot now, what do we do?
Frog: What we need to do is regulate the water temperature!
Frog: *passes regulation*
Water: *ignores regulation, being water*
Frog 1& 2: *die horribly*
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
we run a simulation of ourselves one day... This planet is long dead, were just inside a long ago secured bunker filled with computers simulating what once was.... 'tis the most plausible.
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which is way scarier.
THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR LIES AND APOLOGIES NAZI FAGGOT KEN DOLL YOU TREASONOUS SPINELESS LITTLE TOAD
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING. Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING. Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Do a crime and expect to walk around a nice city all day?
An illegal citizen who expects their fake ID to just keep working for decades?
Open a new bank account and expect your fake ID to be accepted?
Want to move around the nation as a criminal and expect the freedom to do new crime in another city/state?
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
... address climate change, immigration, fossil fuels, government corruption and validated pussy-grabbers.
See you in the funny papers.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
Gait Recognition
I question if this is as reliable as it seems. Giat would be affected by encumbrance, physical issues (pulled something at the gym), heck even just very different clothing could affect this, or make it hard to measure...
If gait detection becomes pervasive maybe a bunch of people will all get duster coats. :-)
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
I identify myself as female and it detected me as male and I'm offended by that. That AI clearly doesn't understand how much courage it takes to cut off that penis.
AI needs to be regulated to prevent more damages to the society.
You go out in public, you have virtually no expectation of privacy. End of story.
In fact, if I were a privacy activist, I would offer a sweet deal to law enforcement. You can track public movements all you want without a warrant, but the third party doctrine gets legislatively abolished. GPS trackers, facial recognition? Have it. You'll give us full warrant requirements for stored communications in the deal.
for Antifa activists.
"and asks that they govern themselves more responsibly when it comes to the use of AI"
Self governing NEVER works and should NEVER be hoped in, expected, or relied on. The lack of genuine moral principles today, that is Christian Biblical principles, only leads to continuous, flagrant lying and decieving driven by greed.
"Claiming to 'see' into people's interior states is neither scientific nor ethical."
We know that polygraphs don't work, yet they're still being used to gauge honesty. It'd be surprising if AI were held to a higher standard for gauging attention level.