Brickbat: Apparently, the Camera Does Lie

The New York City Police Department arrested Trevis Williams after facial recognition technology misidentified him as a suspect in an indecent exposure incident in Manhattan. Even though Williams was significantly taller and heavier than the man described by the victim, and evidence placed him miles away from the crime scene, he was detained for two days. The case was dismissed after the Legal Aid Society presented location data from Williams' cell phone, which showed he was driving from Connecticut to Brooklyn at the time of the incident.

Comments

[Vernon Depner]

And since the picture shows a white guy, we can assume the actual subject was Black. I'm catching on...

[Chumby]

It is a guilty please of Charles. And yes, Trevis is black.

[mad.casual]

To be fair, in this case, we are talking about training data and errors associated with facial recognition software.

The odds were something like 90% white guy, 10% black guy, 5% gorilla going in.

[Chumby]

Has the NYPD considered investing in member recognition software to assist officers during indecent exposure investigations?

[mad.casual]

"Jeff Bezos is wanted for 3,578 separate counts of indecent exposure at the same time. Elon Musk is quoted on X as saying, 'LOL, UR AI SUX DICK HEAD!'"

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

Funny

[Fist of Etiquette]

Detective Skynet needs the clearances for his Compstat numbers.