Yoshua Bengio, an award-winner in technological achievement, lent his name to the letter. Other experts include Microsoft’s Hal Daume III and Caltech’s Anima Anandkumar.
It wasn’t the first time AI experts have questioned the technology. In January, MIT’s Deborah Raji and Joy Buolamwini revealed their findings that facial recognition misidentifies women and people with darker skin more often than other subjects. The American Civil Liberties Union has been beating a similar drum for a year.
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