December 21st, 2009
HP Doesn’t Care About Black People!
Don’t ask questions, just hit play:
This guy needs his own show, doesn’t he? But seriously, the reason it doesn’t track is grounded in a completely legit technical issue (concerning contrast), which HP says it’s addressing. You kinda wonder about a QA process that never brought this to light, though.
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Warren says:
Maybe the computer follows Wanda because sometimes you just can’t stop staring at ugly people.
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:18 am
Joy says:
What’s so amazing is that presumably this kind of technology has been developed with at least some defense money (going on my experience with computer scientists I know). And whose faces would the defense department want to track the most?? Why, dark brown/black ones!
I could also imagine though that they adjusted the contrast settings so as not to be accused of racism from the other perspective – for only tracking darker faces – you know?
I have eyetracking equipment that sucks at tracking eyes with epicanthal folds because lots of times portions of the iris/pupil are obscured by the upper eyelid.
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:21 am