“Public trust is a vital condition for artificial intelligence to be used productively.” —Sir Mark Walport
In January 2020 Detroit resident and father of two, Robert Julian-Borchak Williams was identified by a police computer using facial recognition software as the likely shoplifter of several expensive watches. Williams, who is a black man, was detained and held in prison over night until the investigating officers realized that software identification was based on a photo that simply did not look like Williams. He was eventually released but only after the personal and emotional damage was done. The New York Times reported that the prosecutor assigned to this case stated “We apologize. This does not in any way make up for the hours that Mr. Williams spent in jail.”
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