Esempio lampante di estensione impropria dell'impiego di una tecnologia con esiti potenzialmente gravssimi (o perfino letali). Mentre l'ingenuo pensa che il riconoscimento automatico funzioni come quello della mente umana, in realtà nessuno può prevedere come si comporti un algoritmo addestrato su delle foto quando gli si propone un identikit segnaletico. <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6986553/Police-Washington-ru...> In a previously undocumented use of facial recognition software, police in Washington state are using Amazon's 'Rekognition' to track down criminals with as little as an artist's sketch. According to a report from The Washington Post, police in Washington County are able to compare pictures of suspects harvested from security cameras and eye-witness' cell phone pictures against databases containing 300,000 mugshots of known criminals. In just Washington County Police Department alone, the report states more than 1,000 facial scans were logged last year which have helped identify subjects, sometimes leading officers to home arrests. [...]