Description
Book SynopsisWhen Face Recognition Goes Wrong explores the myriad ways
that humans and machines make mistakes in facial recognition.
Adopting a critical stance throughout, the book explores why
and how humans and machines make mistakes, covering topics
including racial and gender biases, neuropsychological disorders,
and widespread algorithm problems. The book features personal
anecdotes alongside real-world examples to showcase the often
life-changing consequences of facial recognition going wrong.
These range from problems with everyday social interactions
through to eyewitness identification leading to miscarriages of
justice and border control passport verification.
Concluding with a look to the future of facial recognition, the
author asks the world's leading experts what are the big questions
that still need to be answered, and can we train humans and
machines to be super recognisers? This book is
