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Re:Why facial recognition has led to false arrests by busterarm on Monday August 24, 2020 @12:17PM (#24262114)
Anyone who understands testing knows that you cannot eliminate both false positives and false negatives and that you have to pick one.

That's why these systems always have to be combined with good policework. What's being asked for is a test that cannot be passed.

This pretty much applies across the board with evidence testing.

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Re:Why facial recognition has led to false arrests by jhayward on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @06:43PM (#24277141)
No, what's being asked for is evidence that the system being developed does not result in an increase in inequity in the real world. That's testable, and achievable. The list of promos/booster articles posted is not any form of demonstration of that.
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