Comments on: Picasa to Implement Facial Recognition Software? http://thomashawk.com/2008/09/picasa-to-implement-facial-recognition.html Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://thomashawk.com/2008/09/picasa-to-implement-facial-recognition.html/comment-page-1#comment-571 Anonymous Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:53:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=135#comment-571 Remember Riya, that promised the same thing? And in the end you had to tag every single person by hand. It could sometimes recognise a face as a face but naming them? Not a hope. Remember Riya, that promised the same thing? And in the end you had to tag every single person by hand. It could sometimes recognise a face as a face but naming them? Not a hope.

]]> By: Jake http://thomashawk.com/2008/09/picasa-to-implement-facial-recognition.html/comment-page-1#comment-572 Jake Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:30:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=135#comment-572 Here's the problem with "facial recognition" technology-- that's not how it works. We recognize people by faces, but also by context. Where was the photo taken? When was it taken? Who is standing next to them? What are they wearing?<br /><br />While I can recognize hundreds of people without any of those clues, I can recognize tens of thousands with them. Until the software starts taking into account all of that, the technology will work poorly. Here’s the problem with “facial recognition” technology– that’s not how it works. We recognize people by faces, but also by context. Where was the photo taken? When was it taken? Who is standing next to them? What are they wearing?

While I can recognize hundreds of people without any of those clues, I can recognize tens of thousands with them. Until the software starts taking into account all of that, the technology will work poorly.

]]> By: ilya http://thomashawk.com/2008/09/picasa-to-implement-facial-recognition.html/comment-page-1#comment-573 ilya Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:37:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=135#comment-573 Hello privacy, goodbye privacy... Youtube is next on way :-) Hello privacy, goodbye privacy… Youtube is next on way :-)

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