Comment by letsgetphysITal
8 years ago
This has been a real problem with facial recognition. Faces used to train engines are typically Caucasian, so the ability to distinguish other ethnicities is quite sub-par.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/the-u...
Isn't there a problem with shadow contrast which makes features more difficult to pick out on darker skinned faces? I vaguely recall an East Asian developer giving that reason for why he developed on Western data-sets.
Wouldnt it make more sense then to develop _not_ on the easycase but the hard ones?
Yeah but, you know, deadlines to meet and contracts to win.
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MVP presumably.
Most likely it’s an issue with contrast and overall darker skin colour.
Can be solved by illuminating the face with IR though, which should work across all ethnicities.
Yes, but then you need special equipment rather than standard cameras (that usually filter IR); which would prove the point that it's about physical limitations rather than racism.
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We call 'em occidental datasets 'round these parts.
I find this phenomenon of protecting oneself from being called racist fascinating. Your opinion is not exactly racist, but you had to bring up another minority, in case someone accuses you?
I imagine China has fixed that problem, given their present day "1984-esque" surveillance tech.