Don’t sleepwalk from computer-vision research into surveillance

by Biotech Newsroom


A white van with a rig of surveillance cameras on its roof and a sign on the back door reading "Live facial recognition in operation", drives past crowds walking down a busy street with Union Jack flags hanging over it

London’s police force is expanding its use of facial-recognition technology in public places.Credit: Leon Neal/Getty

The nature of scientific progress is that it sometimes provides powerful tools that can be wielded for good or for ill: splitting the atom and nuclear weapons being a case in point. In such cases, it’s necessary that researchers involved in developing such technologies participate actively in the ethical and political discussions about the appropriate boundaries for their use.

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