Facial recognition for pigs: Is it helping Chinese farmers or hurting the poorest?
Thu 10 Dec 2020 00.00 EST Last modified on Mon 14 Dec 2020 12.27 EST A slender snout. Shapely, upright ears. Like humans, pigs have idiosyncratic faces, and new players in the Chinese pork market are taking notice, experimenting with increasingly sophisticated versions of facial recognition software for pigs. China is the world’s largest exporter of pork, and is set to increase production next year by 9%. As the nation’s pork farms grow in scale, more farmers are turning to AI systems like facial recognition technology – known as FRT – to continuously monitor, identify, and even feed ...
Source: theguardian.com