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[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 207 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The age of the juggalo has begun

[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months 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.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

What's your idea? Wearing a mask?

[–] jcs@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

GuyFawkes entered the chat

[–] berber@feddit.org 117 points 11 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] lemjukes@sopuli.xyz 66 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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 11 months ago

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

[–] Hellinabucket@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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 11 months 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 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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.

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Sarcasm is a form of comedy

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

I hope this email reaches you.

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 55 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] tomcatt360@lemmy.zip 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 53 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

And a nice bottle of Chianti!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

A fuckload of concealer

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 52 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago

2025 has some ridiculous one-liners unmatched by history.

[–] katja@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 11 months ago

Maybe if he wore a mask, it would work?

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Britain has a face check? For what?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 42 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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 6 points 11 months ago

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

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months 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 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

To get your daily internet permit.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Get a silicon mask then?

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 9 points 11 months ago

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

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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 11 months 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.