What are the risks and ethics of facial recognition tech? | Public Interest Technology

How do we ensure that facial recognition technology is developed responsibly and ethically? Risk Bites dives into the rather serious risks and ethical problems presented by face recognition. Because this such an important issue, we can only scratch the surface in 4 minutes – so please do check out the links and resources below! As you may have noticed, we’re also experimenting with using a black glass dry erase board (it’s another consequence of coronavirus, where I’m filming from my home office!) – let us know what you think! The video is part of Risk Bites series on Public Interest Technology - technology in the service of public good. USEFUL LINKS Facial Recognition: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZjmlJPJgug AI, Ain't I A Woman? - Joy Buolamwini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxuyfWoVV98 Predicting Criminal Intent (from Films from the Future): https://therealandrewmaynard.com/films-from-the-future-on-youtube/#chapter4 Who’s using your face? The ugly truth about facial recognition (FT): https://www.ft.com/content/cf19b956-60a2-11e9-b285-3acd5d43599e The Major Concerns Around Facial Recognition Technology (Forbes): https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolemartin1/2019/09/25/the-major-concerns-around-facial-recognition-technology/#235da5f14fe3 'The Computer Got It Wrong': How Facial Recognition Led To False Arrest Of Black Man (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882683463/the-computer-got-it-wrong-how-facial-recognition-led-to-a-false-arrest-in-michig Clearview AI - The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It (New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html The world’s scariest facial recognition company, explained (VOX): https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/11/21131991/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-database-law-enforcement The Delicate Ethics of Using Facial Recognition in Schools (Wired): https://www.wired.com/story/delicate-ethics-facial-recognition-schools/ Facial recognition: ten reasons you should be worried about the technology (The Conversation): https://theconversation.com/facial-recognition-ten-reasons-you-should-be-worried-about-the-technology-122137 ACLU resources on face recognition: https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/face-recognition-technology AI Now 2019 report: https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2019_Report.pdf Why facial recognition is the future of diagnostics (Medical News Today): https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320316 Facial recognition and AI could be used to identify rare genetic disorders (The Verge): https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/15/18183779/facial-recognition-ai-algorithms-detect-rare-genetic-disorder-fdna RISK BITES Risk Bites videos are devised, created and produced by Andrew Maynard, in association with the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society (http://sfis.asu.edu). They are produced under a Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA Backing tracks: Awaken Together, by Evan MacDonald. https://www.premiumbeat.com/royalty-free-tracks/awaken-together #facialrecognition #techethics #bias Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/RiskBites

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