[digiKam-users] either face recognition screen is buggy or I still don't understand it - at least I can say that more convenient bulk change of face tags (no auto refresh / set faces via context menu) is neccessary #V5.9.0 Windows Feb 27 2018

[Rob Dueckman]

J Albrecht:
I use Digikam for personal use.  I have a bad memory so having facial
recognition is an asset for me when I'm looking for that photo from
years ago that contains my long lost Aunt Milly.  If it weren't for
face recognition, it would take many hours of searching, or would just
give up.
Having said that, our own eyes use face recognition.   Are you
suggesting we gouge our eyes out so we can't do our own facial
recognition?  But wait.  we might recognise what they sound like, so we
might as well cut off our ears.  But we also might know what they smell
like, so maybe cut off our noses too.  I understand that blind people
can recognise a person by touch, so we should probably cut off their
hands.
Technology or the ability to do something isn't evil.  Using that
technology in a evil way is.
Please keep your paranoia out of this public forum.  The developers
work long and hard hours building something  they love.  If you can't
be constructive, then please keep quiet.
On Sat, 2019-02-02 at 12:46 -0500, J Albrecht wrote:
> So said the guy upon taking a break from his task of designing a “New
> and Improved” whale harpoon.
> Gilles, it seems that your technical abilities and enthusiasm for a
> great software product (which I absolutely appreciate!) blind you to
> the perils of Facial Recognition. Surely you’re not okay with rampant
> and pervasive surveillance, are you? Obviously (or so I assume),
> digiKam isn’t being designed for this purpose. However, by continuing
> to develop and advocate Facial Recognition, you are contributing to
> the “normalisation” of something which only a few years ago was
> justifiably considered to be vile and evil.
> 
> 
> > On 2 Feb 2019, at 11:48, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Le sam. 2 févr. 2019 à 15:52, J Albrecht <heviiguy at gmail.com> a
> > écrit :
> > > Have you no shame? 
> > > I cringe every time that I read about Facial Recognition
> > > software. You developers are like a bunch of giddy Manhattan
> > > Project nerds, gleefully and obliviously participating in the
> > > acceleration of our collective doom. You people are contributing
> > > to the development of scary, scary stuff. You’re not alone;
> > > Consider yourself members of a club which includes Custer Bomb
> > > Designers and Genome Modifiers. Like you, they see absolutely
> > > nothing wrong with what they’re doing because after all, they’re
> > > only building and promoting innocuous technology which will
> > > benefit “us”. Yeah, right. Tell that to the Uyghers…   …and to
> > > your children.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > You talking to me ???
> > 
> > If yes, thanks for the noise and to help the project in a
> > constructive way... It's always a pleasure to read this kind of
> > words in an open source community.
> > 
> > Gilles Caulier
> > 
> >  
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