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Artanthos t1_je32amj wrote

Reply to comment by Treadcc in BBC News: Clearview AI used nearly 1m times by US police, it tells the BBC by Gigglemind

Cops cannot visually identify everyone. No human can.

Before this, all the cops had to identify a picture from a camera was files full of mug shots. This would present several problems addressed by facial recognition.

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  1. Human identification from mug shots is notoriously error prone
  2. It only work if there are mug shots or other evidence that identifies the individual.
  3. Fingerprints and DNA are only going to be available if the person was previously arrested. The same problem that mug shots present.
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