Buolamwini is hardly alone in expressing caution about the fast-moving adoption of facial recognition by police, government agencies and businesses from stores to apartment complexes. Many other researchers have shown how AI systems, which look for patterns in huge troves of data, will mimic the institutional biases embedded in the data they are learning from. For instance, if AI systems are developed using images of mostly white men, the systems will work best in recognizing white men. They criticized Amazon's response, especially its distinction between facial recognition and analysis. A bipartisan bill in Congress seeks limits on facial recognition.

Source: ABC News April 03, 2019 18:56 UTC