What are the risks and ethics of facial recognition tech? | Public Interest Technology
Channel: Risk Bites
Date: 2020-06-25

How do we ensure that facial recognition technology is developed responsibly and ethically?

Risk Bites dives into the rather serious risks and ethical problems presented by face recognition. Because this such an important issue, we can only scratch the surface in 4 minutes – so please do check out the links and resources below!

As you may have noticed, we’re also experimenting with using a black glass dry erase board (it’s another consequence of coronavirus, where I’m filming from my home office!) – let us know what you think! 

The video is part of Risk Bites series on Public Interest Technology - technology in the service of public good.

USEFUL LINKS

Facial Recognition: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZjmlJPJgug

AI, Ain't I A Woman? - Joy Buolamwini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxuyfWoVV98

Predicting Criminal Intent (from Films from the Future): https://therealandrewmaynard.com/films-from-the-future-on-youtube/#chapter4

Who’s using your face? The ugly truth about facial recognition (FT): https://www.ft.com/content/cf19b956-60a2-11e9-b285-3acd5d43599e

The Major Concerns Around Facial Recognition Technology (Forbes): https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolemartin1/2019/09/25/the-major-concerns-around-facial-recognition-technology/#235da5f14fe3

'The Computer Got It Wrong': How Facial Recognition Led To False Arrest Of Black Man (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882683463/the-computer-got-it-wrong-how-facial-recognition-led-to-a-false-arrest-in-michig

Clearview AI - The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It (New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html

The world’s scariest facial recognition company, explained (VOX): https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/11/21131991/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-database-law-enforcement

The Delicate Ethics of Using Facial Recognition in Schools (Wired): https://www.wired.com/story/delicate-ethics-facial-recognition-schools/

Facial recognition: ten reasons you should be worried about the technology (The Conversation): https://theconversation.com/facial-recognition-ten-reasons-you-should-be-worried-about-the-technology-122137

ACLU resources on face recognition: https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/face-recognition-technology

AI Now 2019 report: https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2019_Report.pdf

Why facial recognition is the future of diagnostics (Medical News Today): https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320316

Facial recognition and AI could be used to identify rare genetic disorders (The Verge): https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/15/18183779/facial-recognition-ai-algorithms-detect-rare-genetic-disorder-fdna

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Professor Andrew Maynard is a scientist, author, and leading expert on risk and the ethical and socially responsible development and use of new technologies. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, serves as co-chair of the Institute for the Advancement of Nutrition and Food Science (IAFNS) Board of Trustees, is a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research President’s Research Council, has served on a number of National Academies of Sciences committees, and has testified before congressional committees on several occasions.

As well as producing Risk Bites, Andrew’s work has appeared in publications ranging from The Washington Post and Scientific American, to Slate, Salon, and OneZero. He co-hosts the podcasts Mission: Interplanetary and Future Rising, and is the author of the books Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, and Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow.    

Andrew received his PhD in aerosol dynamics from the University of Cambridge in 1993, and is currently a professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and an Associate Dean in the ASU College of Global Futures.

More at http://andrewmaynard.net