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October 15, 2024 / 00:55

This episode discusses the implications of a new technology developed by two Harvard students using Meta Ray-Ban glasses to scan Instagram live feeds for facial recognition.

The students demonstrate how their system identifies faces and retrieves public information about individuals in real-time. They highlight the potential benefits, such as easily remembering names, while also warning about the significant privacy concerns associated with such technology.

The conversation reflects on the balance between the advantages of instant information access and the ethical dilemmas posed by surveillance capabilities.

TL;DR

Harvard students showcase facial recognition tech using Ray-Ban glasses, highlighting privacy concerns and potential benefits.

Episode

0:55
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so these two Harvard students took a
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pair of meta Rayband glasses they run it
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to a live stream on Instagram and then
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they have a computer set up that is
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scanning the Instagram live feed video
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facially recognizing people and then
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send to your phone all the information
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it can find online about a face that it
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just saw and it's all based on Public
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Information cuz it's finding photos of
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people online they're not releasing any
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of this and the reason they said they
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made it is because they want to show
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that like this is totally capable right
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now every Tech has all this upside and
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then all this horrible downside that
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comes with it a cool superpower to have
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would be to just look at someone and
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immediately know their name that's the
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example that's been used hundreds of
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times it's like what if you just like
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didn't have to remember this stuff and
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you could always know people's names but
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then when I was a kid I was like that's
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incredible and now I'm like oh my
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God the downside is enormous I want

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Episode Highlights

  • Harvard Students' Tech Experiment
    Two Harvard students demonstrate a facial recognition system using Instagram live feeds.
    “This is totally capable right now!”
    @ 00m 26s
    October 15, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • Oh my God, the downside is enormous!
    Meta’s Glasses Can Dox Strangers!? 😳 #mkbhd #waveformpodcast #meta

Key Moments

  • Facial Recognition00:11
  • Tech Upsides and Downsides00:33
  • Childhood Wonder00:47

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