"This is some real life Black Mirror stuff that we're seeing here," Ocasio-Cortez said during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on facial recognition technology.
Facial recognition is being developed by dozens of tech companies, including Microsoft and Amazon. When implemented, the AI-driven software makes it easy for corporations or governments to identify people and track their movements.
But as many critics have long argued, the potential for the technology to be abused is huge.
Wednesday's hearing included testimony from privacy advocates and industry representatives. Ocasio-Cortez brought up issues from privacy to discrimination, and cited studies that have shown facial recognition has a racial-bias problem. Other lawmakers raised red flags about the technology, too — committee chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney warned against its "questionable and even dangerous applications."
https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-facial-recognition-similar-to-black-mirror-stuff-2020-1
Facial recognition is being developed by dozens of tech companies, including Microsoft and Amazon. When implemented, the AI-driven software makes it easy for corporations or governments to identify people and track their movements.
But as many critics have long argued, the potential for the technology to be abused is huge.
Wednesday's hearing included testimony from privacy advocates and industry representatives. Ocasio-Cortez brought up issues from privacy to discrimination, and cited studies that have shown facial recognition has a racial-bias problem. Other lawmakers raised red flags about the technology, too — committee chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney warned against its "questionable and even dangerous applications."
https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-facial-recognition-similar-to-black-mirror-stuff-2020-1
