I See You

 


Happy Summer! Let's discuss facial recognition. 😀

People are angry because they've heard rumors the grocery store chain, Kroger is going to be implementing facial recognition. Kroger denies using facial recognition but it does keep track of what a customer buys in those little price tags on grocery shelves. 

Facial recognition has been around a long time. Madison Square Garden uses it, as do airports, sporting facilities, Walgreens, Target, Google, Facebook... A lawyer was ejected from MSG after AI recognized him. He had a lawsuit pending against the Garden so was banned.  FR is everywhere. You just don't know it. 

Is that a problem? If you haven't seen the movie, 'Minority Report,'



 I don't want to know you. Just kidding, but it's a great movie. Tom Cruise may be an asshat IRL but he makes great movies. Cruise plays a cop type of guy who goes after people who will be committing a crime, murder, in the near future. It's a fantastic movie. There is a scene in the movie where Cruise is walking in a store and is bombarded with AI welcoming him by name as he passes by, offering their wares to him. 

I'm on the fence with facial recognition being in our faces, literally. I'm a good girl so I'm not worried if I'm being watched just in case I want to nick a candy bar or a flat screen tv because I wouldn't. But as we have all witnessed, AI can make mistakes. Bigly. It's also going to target certain demographics. Okay, don't tell anyone, but if a woman steals a box of diapers or baby food, I'm looking the other way. If a CEO can make a million dollar salary, they can pay for diapers and baby food. 

It's not just in stores, though. Walk down a street, you are being watched. And again, if you're just going about your business, does it matter?

I'm glad I'm younger than pea pods but older than iPods, because it's not the world I want to live in. It's not going away, unfortunately. I cannot predict the future, if we have one. We'll know in two weeks. 

Comments

Maggie said…
Sorry, I sound like Trump when talking about the great movie, Minority Report. Don't forget, Walmart is watching you as you self checkout.
June 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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