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British Police to Trial Facial Recognition System That Detects Your Mood

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 18 2020, @05:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the mood-ring dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:

British police to trial facial recognition system that detects your mood:

A British police force is set to trial a facial recognition system that infers people's moods by analyzing CCTV footage.

Lincolnshire Police will be able to use the system to search the film for certain moods and facial expressions, the London Times reports. It will also allow cops to find people wearing hats and glasses, or carrying bags and umbrellas.

The force has got funding from the Home Office to test the tool in the market town of Gainsborough, but ethical concerns have delayed the pilot's launch.

A police spokesperson told the Times that all the footage will be deleted after 31 days. The force will also carry out a human rights and privacy assessment before the trial gets the green light.

[...] "At the same time as these technologies are being rolled out, large numbers of studies are showing that there is... no substantial evidence that people have this consistent relationship between the emotion that you are feeling and the way that your face looks," AI Now's co-founder Prof Kate Crawford told the BBC late last year.

Could it be it was thrown off because everyone had a stiff upper lip?

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by SomeGuy on Tuesday August 18 2020, @07:23PM (2 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Tuesday August 18 2020, @07:23PM (#1038471)

    A British police force is set to trial a facial recognition system that infers people's moods

    After all is set up, the output results are:
    #54184: Horny
    #9649: Horny
    #72101: Horny
    #8292: Horny
    #62173: Horny
    ... and so on.

    "Ok, who's the wise guy who has been playing with the settings?"

    Although, do keep in mind that facial expressions and movements can communicate much more than happy or sad. The kinds of pre-crime/thoughtcrime they think they can detect are endless.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday August 18 2020, @07:25PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 18 2020, @07:25PM (#1038475) Journal

    That will detect males properly.

    What about females?

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    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by DECbot on Tuesday August 18 2020, @08:07PM

      by DECbot (832) on Tuesday August 18 2020, @08:07PM (#1038487) Journal

      OOOOkay.... After all is set up, the output results are:
      #54184: Horny Male with cigarette
      #9649: Horny Male with Viagra
      #72101: Horny Male with boobs
      #8292: Horny Male
      #62173: Horny Male in skirt
      ... and so on.
       
      Oh, I do see a problem. #54184 had a pen in his mouth, not a cigarette.

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