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Facial recognition technology: What would George Orwell say?
This coming June, British author George Orwell’s dystopian novel, “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” marks the 70th anniversary of its publication. In the United States, Penguin has announced plans for a special 75,000-copy reprint. According to The New York Times, the publisher noted that, sales of the novel have increased by 9,500 percent since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Demonstrating remarkable foresight, Orwell envisaged a terrifying future in which a “Big Brother” government would harness tools to watch each and every one of us. When Winston Smith, the book’s protagonist, wanted to meet his illicit lover, he was forced to take extreme measures to avoid a two-way device called a “telescreen,” described as follows:
“The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it, moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard.”
For some years now, high-resolution, low-light cameras have been observing us passively on the street, at railway stations, at airports, in office buildings and in shops.
Since our faces — essentially the face of every human on the planet — are as uniquely individualistic as fingerprints, facial recognition technology means you are no longer a member of the faceless masses. Privacy ends the moment you step outside the door of your home. What sort of future awaits us, Spa! (Jan. 15-22) wants to know: innovation or dystopia?
Certainly law enforcement and security organizations armed with facial recognition technology have an added advantage in spotting known terrorists, international criminals and fugitives on the run.
One of the world’s leaders in facial recognition technology, Japan’s NEC Corp., claims a recognition accuracy of close to 100 percent. Its system is claimed to be capable of recognizing even a subject who uses face paint to alter a portion of his or her appearance.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/02/national/media-national/facial-recognition-technology-george-orwell-say/
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here is a start
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/trevor-blackwell#section-personal-investments
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/paul-graham/investments/investments_list
Ycombinator
Jessica Livingston cap 1
Robert Morris cap 2
(not much there on him)
The others have who they have put money into.
funny that-well not funny but you get what i mean. You need a tall sense of humor to be here as I found out last summer when the trafficking stuff was dropped.
These people need to go…soon
Saw the start of this type of consolidation in the bay area before I left. The game seems to be the same just the faces and names are different.
This is not a stock advice board.
Plenty of places for that…this is not one of them
and fuck off krassentwats!
about 20 seconds in. wouldn't that be nice?