They ask the Spanish Government not to use video cameras until there is a law governing cameras.
- A group of academics, professionals and activists have sent a letter to the Spanish Government to stop facial recognition tools and video cameras until the law that will regulate them is passed.
The petition comes at the time of the diffusion of these techniques, as video cameras are currently used in both public and private spaces. The signatories of the letter consider it essential for the Spanish Government to regulate this technology before continuing to extend it. If face recognition tools are not suited to the rights of citizens, if the video camera continues to expand its trends, the law will have to adapt to already known practices.
Cursed Tecnologia has explained that the signatories of the misiva accuse of "entering" without permission in the private space of people's lives. They have denounced that this practice calls into question “social justice, human dignity, equity, equality and inclusion.” “There are both technical and ethical reasons that justify the creation of a commission,” they point out in the letter. It is the creation of an independent commission composed of scientists, jurists, experts in ethics and artificial intelligence and members of civil society, among others.
Human Rights
The signatories of the letter consider that the technologies used to recognize the human face pose human rights problems. They stress the strengthening of stereotypes, the linking of a person to a collective based on their physical characteristics.
In addition, facial recognition technology has also caused some flaws. The way we train artificial intelligence has a lot to do with the outcomes that it's going to give. Artificial intelligence with many photographs of white men or with specific light conditions will not be as accurate for black people or people with different light conditions.
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