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[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 204 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The age of the juggalo has begun

[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

What's your idea? Wearing a mask?

[–] jcs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

GuyFawkes entered the chat

[–] berber@feddit.org 114 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

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

[–] lemjukes@sopuli.xyz 65 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 9 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] Hellinabucket@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sarcasm is a form of comedy

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

I hope this email reaches you.

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 53 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] tomcatt360@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 52 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That's an easy fix:
easy fix

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 52 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

And a nice bottle of Chianti!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

A fuckload of concealer

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

2025 has some ridiculous one-liners unmatched by history.

[–] katja@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe if he wore a mask, it would work?

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

Britain has a face check? For what?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 42 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

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

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

To get your daily internet permit.

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

Get a silicon mask then?

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 8 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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.