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[-] Tower@lemmy.zip 204 points 3 days ago

"Most easily identifiable man in country unable to be identified by AI"

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 3 days ago

Given the police are using AI to identify protestors.....this gives me an idea.

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

What's your idea? Wearing a mask?

[-] altphoto@lemmy.today 19 points 3 days ago

We all need to do special effects make-up, masks and disguising.

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 days ago

The age of the juggalo has begun

[-] Tower@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

https://consequence.net/2019/07/juggalo-makeup-facial-recognition/

Note: the article is from 2019. I imagine facial recognition software has gotten better in the last 6 years, but who knows.

[-] jcs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

GuyFawkes entered the chat

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 52 points 2 days ago

I'd imagine anyone who's survived a fire or acid attack is also getting fucked by this

[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

I can't take AI proctored exams because I have a lazy eye and it tracks whether or not you're looking at the screen. It's the main thing keeping me from getting a bachelor's because most associates to bachelor's RN programs are entirely online.

[-] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Thats absurd, you can't raise hell and get some sort of exception? I'd be angry.

[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Haven't figured out the best plan. After a quick therapy sesh with the hobos at the bus stop I'm thinking I'm just gonna study the subject matter and see if I can test out of the relevant courses at a testing center (instead of a course with multiple smaller tests).

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's an easy fix:
easy fix

[-] berber@feddit.org 116 points 3 days ago

how is this funny? it just shows how stupid these things are.

[-] lemjukes@sopuli.xyz 65 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Revealing something meant to be serious, as also being ridiculous is like one of the main answers to the question of how comedy works...

[-] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 days ago

Satire. If you're going to burn, you may as well make jokes about charred flesh

[-] Akasazh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sarcasm is a form of comedy

[-] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

I hope this email reaches you.

[-] Hellinabucket@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

Right? It's only funny if he voted for the people who put this policy in place.

[-] nogooduser@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Right? It's only funny if he voted for the people who put this policy in place.

There wasn’t really a viable alternative. The Conservatives were also intending to put something like this in place.

[-] Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Wasn't it the tories who passed this act and then labor who just pushed ahead hard with it when they got voted in?

[-] M137@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's funny BECAUSE it shows how stupid they are... this is almost toddler-level comedy basics. It's stupid, disturbing and fucked up, but also funny. Funny doesn't mean it can't be anything else, it's not an exclusive thing. Many things that are bad, wrong, disturbing etc. are also funny.

[-] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 52 points 3 days ago

He should get a mask with a normal face on it.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

A fuckload of concealer

[-] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago
[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

And a nice bottle of Chianti!

If you're even trying to verify yourself with this bullshit then you're already losing.

[-] tomcatt360@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 days ago

Sometimes you have to in order to do your job. Let's say you are a researcher, and the information you need to access is footage on YouTube which has been age restricted.

[-] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago

On the plus side: he is also invisible to face scanning from security cams and billboards.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm imagining him applying pancake makeup before he logs on for a gooning session.

[-] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

2025 has some ridiculous one-liners unmatched by history.

[-] katja@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 days ago

Maybe if he wore a mask, it would work?

[-] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago

Britain has a face check? For what?

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 40 points 3 days ago

The new Online Safety Act over there. They make you scan your face and follow instructions (step forward, turn left, open your mouth, etc.) to access a lot of websites now. It's creepy, and something similar seems to be being pushed in every western country simultaneously now.

[-] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

They've the same for banks now here. Very creepy.

[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

Just to be clear the law doesn't say you have to scan your face. That's just one option to verify a persons age and websites (and users) are choosing that method. I believe other options are to use a credit card or maybe show some kind of government ID. It's all fucked but the government aren't making people scan their faces, that's just one viable method.

[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago

The stated reason is to protect children from porn and such. The real reason maybe (as it often is whenever they say it is about protecting children) an excuse to extend surveillance as much as possible.

[-] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 days ago

Every "for the children!" law is always just about control. If they actually cared about children, these governments would pass laws or take actions that actually help. I imagine asking a kid if they feel their government does things to make them safe, they'd probably go "dafuq?" or "no."

[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I am probably on the same side as you are, but I was trying to give TacoButtPlug a somewhat measured answer to a seemingly genuine question. I try to start out appearing as a lukewarm lunatic before cranking the heat up to raving.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

To get your daily internet permit.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Get a silicon mask then?

[-] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Can't he just go and update his ID? As long as Illuminati forehead has an ID that matches that trainwreck of a face it should work.

[-] Tingle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Uk doesn't have a universal id which is why they are using face recognition for the check.

You can provide a drivers licence but maybe the guy doesnt have one.

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