So could police ask citizens for help identifying ‘bad guys?’
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/technology/facial-recognition-police.html
Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police
In early September, the City Council in Portland, Ore., met virtually to consider sweeping legislation outlawing the use of facial recognition technology. The bills would not only bar the police from using it to unmask protesters and individuals captured in surveillance imagery; they would also prevent companies and a variety of other organizations from using the software to identify an unknown person.
During the time for public comments, a local man, Christopher Howell, said he had concerns about a blanket ban. He gave a surprising reason.
“I am involved with developing facial recognition to in fact use on Portland police officers, since they are not identifying themselves to the public,” Mr. Howell said. Over the summer, with the city seized by demonstrations against police violence, leaders of the department had told uniformed officers that they could tape over their name. Mr. Howell wanted to know: Would his use of facial recognition technology become illegal?
Portland’s mayor, Ted Wheeler, told Mr. Howell that his project was “a little creepy,” but a lawyer for the city clarified that the bills would not apply to individuals. The Council then passed the legislation in a unanimous vote.
Perspective.
Putting Responsible AI Into Practice
… Ethics frameworks and principles abound. AlgorithmWatch maintains a repository of more than 150 ethical guidelines. A meta-analysis of a half-dozen prominent guidelines identified five main themes: transparency, justice and fairness, non-maleficence, responsibility, and privacy. But even if there is broad agreement on the principles underlying responsible AI, how to effectively put them into practice remains unclear. Organizations are in various states of adoption, have a wide range of internal organizational structures, and are often still determining the appropriate governance frameworks to hold themselves accountable.
Suggested by my AI...
It’s time to rethink the legal treatment of robots
In this excerpt from "The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law", Ryan Abbott argues that laws should treat robots more like people.
...and we thought ‘accidental opt-in’ was a problem.
Google tests smart displays that activate without a wake word
A new feature being internally tested at Google could remove the need to say “Hey Google” before voicing commands to Nest Hub smart displays, Android Central reports. Instead, the feature codenamed “Blue Steel” could allow the device to simply sense your presence, and proactively listen for commands without first needing to hear the wake word.
Perspective.
https://venturebeat.com/2020/10/21/the-2020-data-and-ai-landscape/
The 2020 data and AI landscape
When COVID hit the world a few months ago, an extended period of gloom seemed all but inevitable. Yet many companies in the data ecosystem have not just survived but in fact thrived.
Perhaps most emblematic of this is the blockbuster IPO of data warehouse provider Snowflake that took place a couple of weeks ago and catapulted Snowflake to a $69 billion market cap at the time of writing – the biggest software IPO ever (see the S-1 teardown).
… Many economic factors are at play, but ultimately financial markets are rewarding an increasingly clear reality long in the making: To succeed, every modern company will need to be not just a software company but also a data company.
Sounds like a useful tool.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90565801/descript-video-editing
This app makes editing videos as easy as editing text
Media editing software Descript is becoming a full-blown video editor with multitrack tools, overlays, transitions, and more.
For the past few years, Descript has offered an intuitive way to edit podcasts, letting you cut, paste, and delete from a written transcript to modify the corresponding audio.
Now, Descript is applying that same idea to multitrack video editing. Instead of having to fiddle with video timelines in tools like Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere, creators on YouTube or elsewhere can edit their videos just by rearranging the text of what they said.
My favorite was: “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.” Or maybe “Shakespeare lied.”
https://www.bespacific.com/satirist-tom-lehrer-has-put-his-songs-into-the-public-domain/
Satirist Tom Lehrer has put his songs into the public domain
Via Mary Whisner – news that Tom Lehrer Has Put His Songs into the Public Domain, Marketplac [if you are not familiar with his work, and have not been singing the lyrics to his songs like “Pollution” for many decades as have I, now is your chance to become a Lehrer enthusiast and an aficionado!)
Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer, https://tomlehrersongs.com/
Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Duke Law, https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/
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