Meta, once hesitant to incorporate facial recognition into its smart glasses due to privacy concerns, is now advancing the technology with a feature termed 'super sensing,' which allows continuous recording. While this feature could enhance daily reminders, it poses serious ethical dilemmas, blending AI with facial recognition technology. The implementation raises fears about misuse, such as doxing individuals or tracking people at gatherings, igniting the debate over user safety and privacy rights. Despite the potential fallout, Meta appears committed to its development and rollout.
In super sensing mode, the glasses' built-in cameras and sensors will remain on and recording throughout the wearer's day. It's still probably a way's off due to battery life limitations.
However, the super sensing feature would also combine AI with facial recognition, according to The Information - a design choice that could have far-reaching and deeply alarming implications.
A wearer could dox strangers on the street; a creep in a bar could look up the name and personal information of a woman who may or may not have wanted to talk to him.
It's not exactly hard to come up with ways this could go wrong, fast - and yet Meta, it seems, has decided to push forward.
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