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Recognition technology misidentified people of color especially women, is it that accurate? how accurate is this technology? >> again, and frankly don is right. two hours ago "the new york times" dropped the case about detroit and a surveillance program they got there that involves scanning faces. i think it is like a 30% error rate of darker skin. it is kind of like you have to ask, even your laptop or the software racially profiling you. it seems like the answer is unequivocal no. literally and this is not fringed up we are talking about. this is the way the program was designed. it harms da...

Interesting. okay. so, elliot, i've got to ask you this. because you say facial recognition technology most often misidentifies people of color, especially women. is it that accurate? how accurate is this technology? >> no, again, and frankly, don, two hours ago "the new york times" dropped a piece about detroit and a massive surveillance program they've got there that involves scanning faces. and i think it's like a 30% error rate with darker skin, african-americans, particularly african-american women. so it's kind of like you have to ask, can even your laptop or even the software seems to r...