2a) The computing innovation represented in my computational artifact is facial recognition software. Facial recognition software has many different uses, as shown in the computational artifact. According to Jennifer Tucker’s article, How Facial Recognition Technology Came To Be, the first semi-automated computer-based facial recognition was created during the 1960s, as a system of noting key facial landmarks on different photos. Facial recognition has evolved a lot since then and is now has many different uses including many security and business uses. The artifact demonstrates many functions of facial recognition software including locking devices, surveillance and military uses.
2b) I created my artifact using Google Slides and Screencastify. …show more content…
Many of these beneficial and harmful effects are described in George Hill’s article, 4 Ways Facial Recognition Could Impact Society. One beneficial effect of facial recognition technology is the ability to fight crime better. In Qingdao, China, police were able to identify 25 wanted criminals using cameras with FRT (facial recognition technology). This would positively benefit society because there would be less dangerous criminals on the loose, making it safer for other people during their everyday lives. FRT would allow the police to catch these dangerous criminals before they even have time to cause harm to the rest of society. One harmful effect, also highlighted in George Hill’s 4 Ways Facial Recognition Could Impact Society is that the facial recognition software is not perfect yet, and can therefore still have errors and cause problems. If there is not 100% accuracy, innocent people could be unintentionally identified as criminals or criminals could pass under the radar, unidentified by the police. This problem is also extended by the fact that people’s appearances change constantly, such as their hair, weight and what they are wearing, and even though some software claims to account for these changes, they are very hard to account for with 100%
2b) I created my artifact using Google Slides and Screencastify. …show more content…
Many of these beneficial and harmful effects are described in George Hill’s article, 4 Ways Facial Recognition Could Impact Society. One beneficial effect of facial recognition technology is the ability to fight crime better. In Qingdao, China, police were able to identify 25 wanted criminals using cameras with FRT (facial recognition technology). This would positively benefit society because there would be less dangerous criminals on the loose, making it safer for other people during their everyday lives. FRT would allow the police to catch these dangerous criminals before they even have time to cause harm to the rest of society. One harmful effect, also highlighted in George Hill’s 4 Ways Facial Recognition Could Impact Society is that the facial recognition software is not perfect yet, and can therefore still have errors and cause problems. If there is not 100% accuracy, innocent people could be unintentionally identified as criminals or criminals could pass under the radar, unidentified by the police. This problem is also extended by the fact that people’s appearances change constantly, such as their hair, weight and what they are wearing, and even though some software claims to account for these changes, they are very hard to account for with 100%