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Using AI to create a face from crime-scene DNA & then running it through face recognition tech isn’t only “junk science,” EFF’s Jennifer Lynch told WIRED: “It’s very dangerous, because it puts people at risk of being a suspect for a crime they didn’t commit.”
Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It
Leaked records reveal what appears to be the first known instance of a police department attempting to use facial recognition on a face generated from crime-scene DNA. It likely won’t be the last.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Using AI to create a face from crime-scene DNA & then running it through face recognition tech isn’t only “junk science,” EFF’s Jennifer Lynch told WIRED: “It’s very dangerous, because it puts people at risk of being a suspect for a crime they didn’t commit.”
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Is it just me that I find it slightly concerning that Climeworks already sells offsets for a plant that is not operational yet? Article worth reading, balanced, but highlights plenty of concerning issues with Climeworks. heatmap.news/economy/clim...
November 1, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Is it just me that I find it slightly concerning that Climeworks already sells offsets for a plant that is not operational yet? Article worth reading, balanced, but highlights plenty of concerning issues with Climeworks. heatmap.news/economy/clim...
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Hard no to Alan Dershowitz, Congressman Brian Mast, and anyone else asserting the blatantly false claim that all Palestinians are Hamas, or making horrific, bin Laden-style arguments that there's no such thing as civilians.
Those claims are factually and morally wrong. Badly wrong.
Those claims are factually and morally wrong. Badly wrong.
November 2, 2023 at 6:38 PM
Hard no to Alan Dershowitz, Congressman Brian Mast, and anyone else asserting the blatantly false claim that all Palestinians are Hamas, or making horrific, bin Laden-style arguments that there's no such thing as civilians.
Those claims are factually and morally wrong. Badly wrong.
Those claims are factually and morally wrong. Badly wrong.
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"we bombed the refugee camp"
"where there were refugees?"
"well there were terrorists hiding there too, among them"
"and, for that, refugees deserve to die?"
"well we told them to leave"
"you warned the terrorists to leave?"
"well the refugees"
"and the terrorists didn't get the message too?"
"where there were refugees?"
"well there were terrorists hiding there too, among them"
"and, for that, refugees deserve to die?"
"well we told them to leave"
"you warned the terrorists to leave?"
"well the refugees"
"and the terrorists didn't get the message too?"
November 1, 2023 at 4:54 AM
"we bombed the refugee camp"
"where there were refugees?"
"well there were terrorists hiding there too, among them"
"and, for that, refugees deserve to die?"
"well we told them to leave"
"you warned the terrorists to leave?"
"well the refugees"
"and the terrorists didn't get the message too?"
"where there were refugees?"
"well there were terrorists hiding there too, among them"
"and, for that, refugees deserve to die?"
"well we told them to leave"
"you warned the terrorists to leave?"
"well the refugees"
"and the terrorists didn't get the message too?"
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I built a Halloween candy chute in 2020 during the height of the COVID pandemic, which enables me to delivery candy from my second floor. It’s back for the fourth time!
October 31, 2023 at 10:18 PM
I built a Halloween candy chute in 2020 during the height of the COVID pandemic, which enables me to delivery candy from my second floor. It’s back for the fourth time!
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Occurs to me that Elon should be a monkey wrench to everything incels believe about relationships; he has infinite money and literally got the chad jaw surgery but his personality is still too bad to hold onto anyone
October 31, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Occurs to me that Elon should be a monkey wrench to everything incels believe about relationships; he has infinite money and literally got the chad jaw surgery but his personality is still too bad to hold onto anyone
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The effects can be seen from space. The Gaza Strip has plunged into darkness since Israel announced a “complete siege” on Oct. 9.
On Friday, the little connectivity Gaza had with the outside world appeared to be severed, amid reports of heavy bombardment.
More updates:
wapo.st/477tylj
On Friday, the little connectivity Gaza had with the outside world appeared to be severed, amid reports of heavy bombardment.
More updates:
wapo.st/477tylj
See how Israel’s siege has plunged Gaza into darkness and isolation
Without power, Palestinians have been deprived of their most basic needs.
wapo.st
October 27, 2023 at 9:31 PM
The effects can be seen from space. The Gaza Strip has plunged into darkness since Israel announced a “complete siege” on Oct. 9.
On Friday, the little connectivity Gaza had with the outside world appeared to be severed, amid reports of heavy bombardment.
More updates:
wapo.st/477tylj
On Friday, the little connectivity Gaza had with the outside world appeared to be severed, amid reports of heavy bombardment.
More updates:
wapo.st/477tylj
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Why are you bombing civilians?
To get to Hamas.
Why are you bombing Israeli hostages?
They are safe in tunnels with Hamas.
So you ARE bombing civilians.
Their lies are transparent.
To get to Hamas.
Why are you bombing Israeli hostages?
They are safe in tunnels with Hamas.
So you ARE bombing civilians.
Their lies are transparent.
October 25, 2023 at 6:23 PM
Why are you bombing civilians?
To get to Hamas.
Why are you bombing Israeli hostages?
They are safe in tunnels with Hamas.
So you ARE bombing civilians.
Their lies are transparent.
To get to Hamas.
Why are you bombing Israeli hostages?
They are safe in tunnels with Hamas.
So you ARE bombing civilians.
Their lies are transparent.
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saw the latter but not the former, I was so hoping it was going to have been this one
‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That
The past week has shown humanity at its worst: A horrific terrorist attack left at least 1,300 Israelis dead, among them peace activists and even innocent children. The fates of many more kidnapped ...
www.theonion.com
October 23, 2023 at 11:20 PM
saw the latter but not the former, I was so hoping it was going to have been this one
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I wish we had these packs in the US but it’s just in South Korea
October 23, 2023 at 4:17 PM
I wish we had these packs in the US but it’s just in South Korea
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It is not anti-Israeli to condemn Benjamin Netanyahu. It is, in fact, pro-democracy and pro-peace to do so.
October 22, 2023 at 1:06 AM
It is not anti-Israeli to condemn Benjamin Netanyahu. It is, in fact, pro-democracy and pro-peace to do so.
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There is no way anybody could ever convince me that Elon Musk has read a book by George Orwell.
“The invasion of one’s mind by ready-made phrases can only be prevented if one is constantly on guard against them, and every such phrase anesthetizes a portion of one’s brain.” - George Orwell
October 14, 2023 at 3:03 AM
There is no way anybody could ever convince me that Elon Musk has read a book by George Orwell.
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"Companies fucking around leaping blindly into the AI hype bubble and finding out they don't have even a tiny fraction of the twisted imaginations necessary to understand what they're unleashing" is my new favorite headline genre
October 5, 2023 at 5:44 PM
"Companies fucking around leaping blindly into the AI hype bubble and finding out they don't have even a tiny fraction of the twisted imaginations necessary to understand what they're unleashing" is my new favorite headline genre
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I keep coming back to this
July 30, 2023 at 12:41 PM
I keep coming back to this
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“Ignoring COVID” means ignoring equity. Unless governments actually acknowledge that they still need to do much more to mitigate the harms of COVID, millions of people who are higher risk or have Long COVID will never be able to “ignore COVID.” That’s a travesty.
August 1, 2023 at 1:43 AM
“Ignoring COVID” means ignoring equity. Unless governments actually acknowledge that they still need to do much more to mitigate the harms of COVID, millions of people who are higher risk or have Long COVID will never be able to “ignore COVID.” That’s a travesty.
