LING 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Detroit Free Press, Microexpression, Wendy Kaminer
Document Summary
Facial recognition systems: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Technology is evolving faster than ever and reaching new extremes unlike any society has ever seen before. Innovations have developed in facial recognition software and other threat preventing devices, comforting some americans and worrying the rest. Wendy kaminer addresses the possible issues of facial recognition systems, how they"ve proven to be faulty, abused, have unfairly targeted minorities and women, and more in her article trading liberty for illusions . Similarly, the economist explores the various new recognition systems that are being developed upon and their benefits and detriments to both innocent and guilty civilians in its article if looks could kill . Both articles were published in writing in the disciplines in 2012 and are organized by a topic pattern, incorporate credible historic and current data, but use very different tones when making their arguments.
