Deep@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoGuilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their nameswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1341arrow-down1external-linkGuilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their nameswww.theguardian.comDeep@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then ‘given no help’ to investigate verdicts
minus-squareRunawayFixer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 hours agoPretty much this. A 0.02% error margin when there are tens of thousands of visitors per year, means it’s almost guaranteed to have errors. 99.9% ^700 = 49.6% chance of no errors occurring. 99.98% ^3466 = 50% chance of no errors occurring. 99.98% ^23000 = 1% chance of no errors occurring.
Pretty much this. A 0.02% error margin when there are tens of thousands of visitors per year, means it’s almost guaranteed to have errors.
99.9% ^700 = 49.6% chance of no errors occurring.
99.98% ^3466 = 50% chance of no errors occurring.
99.98% ^23000 = 1% chance of no errors occurring.