500MP camera that can identify every face in a crowd of tens of thousands

Re:500MP camera that can identify every face in a crowd of t... by scoopertrooper on Saturday September 28, 2019 @07:04PM (#21103631)

I guess the headline here isn't that these plucky scientists managed to stick a bunch of cameras together, but rather the Chinese state can stick one of these in a crowded area and instantly identify everybody within it.

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Re:500MP camera that can identify every face in a crowd of t... by PhantomGremlin on Saturday September 28, 2019 @10:23PM (#21104612)

these plucky scientists

I assume you used that word sarcastically?

   From Wiktionary:

   plucky (comparative pluckier, superlative pluckiest)

     Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit
     in trying circumstances.

   Synonyms

    brave
    spunky
    feisty

I dunno. IMO a "plucky" Chinese scientist would be one who would refuse to work on something as dystopian as this.

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Re:500MP camera that can identify every face in a crowd of t... by jvagner on Sunday September 29, 2019 @10:30AM (#21107228)

I think that was sarcasm...

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