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Re:Your face is not a bar code: arguments against automatic ... by eric_h on Friday September 24, 2021 @05:41PM (#28648141)
> which in general is better at recognizing faces than humans

Big citation needed there...

> we should release every person who is in prison because an eyewitness ID'd them.

in spite of my previous statement this is not wrong if an eyewitness ID (from a stranger to the defendant) was the only thing that led to conviction

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Re:Your face is not a bar code: arguments against automatic ... by IshKebab on Friday September 24, 2021 @05:59PM (#28648283)
He's probably referring to the fact that AI is better than humans at telling if two photos are of the same person. But I agree that doesn't translate to being better at recognising faces in general.

People might still be better at recognising faces they have learnt, and they might be worse in terms of percentage correctness, but have less bad failure modes.

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