[Air-L] New articles on Automation and Facial Recognition

[Alex Gekker]

Thanks for sharing, Sally! Useful indeed.
Here's another recent similar piece:

The Tenants Fighting Back Against Facial Recognition Technology
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/05/facial-recognition-tech-surveillance-security-amazon-ring/588436/

best,
Alex.

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On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 22:47, sally <sally at sally.com> wrote:

> Hi Air-L,
>
> I’ve been varying my writing a bit and have just had two pieces published
> in Fast Company on Automation and Facial Recognition.
> My goal has been to contribute to the ongoing “news” conversation from an
> anthropological perspective.
>
> They may be interesting and/or useful for you and/or your students:
>
>
> S.A. Applin, April 21, 2019, Fast Company (Point of View)
>
> What we sacrifice for automation
> Lessons from an Amazon warehouse, and a world where increasingly anything
> (and anyone) that can be measured, is.
>
>
> https://www.fastcompany.com/90336550/how-much-are-we-sacrificing-for-automation
>
>
> S,A, Applin,  May 7, 2019, Fast Company (Point of View)
>
> The creeping threat of facial recognition
> (Do those championing new surveillance technology not realize that they
> too will be affected by it?)
>
>
> https://www.fastcompany.com/90336549/the-creeping-threat-of-facial-recognition
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Sally
>
>
>
>
>
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