Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/01/losing-face.html
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“this is me destroying the face before heading to work.”
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We should have known that once we had artificial intelligence, artificial pareidolia wouldn’t be far behind.
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Artificial Pareidolia is the name of my new band
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I’m in love with the juxtaposition between “greatly concerned about my home’s security” and “posting publicly on Facebook about what time I leave the house for work.”
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“Little did he know that the camera was seeing what really was there,” said the narrator.
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Well there’s the difference between AI and real human perception-- I see a cute puppy dog.
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I have my surveillance system set to notify me every time there’s a fluffy bunny in the clouds.
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Tip for your next protest in the snow: wear 3D printed shoe sole covers that make face imprints in the snow, build snowman heads everywhere, print out a couple of photos of prominent figures from the Ministry of Love and show them to all the cameras
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Well, it was a white face, I suppose, so that may explain some part of it.
Such snowflakes.
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“ If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.”
[George Orwell]
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“I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I saw a face in the snow. Maybe you should go out and look."
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Needs more snow goons:
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Time to stock up on cheap human face masks from your Halloween outlet store to fuck with your neighbors’ cameras.
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That’s some brutal software engineering. If the “face” doesn’t move for extended periods, you can be pretty sure it isn’t one.
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On the Hume Freeway in Victoria, Australia we have speed cameras which record registration plates at two points quite far apart. A sophisticated AI turns the photos into rego numbers and sends an infringement notice if you have been exceeding the speed limit.
Except that sometimes the AI transposes digits and gives every indication of having dyslexia…
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