Bliss English Club

Dear Blissers,

Impacted by the COVID-19, many companies allow their employees to telecommute occasionally or otherwise participate in flexible work plans. Accordingly, privacy consideration” for “individuals or cooperates” becomes more valued.  This coming Saturday on July 25, 2020, our informative hi-tech Host, Kurt, will share the related concern and solution! Welcome to join us!

Here is Kurt’s introduction:

Dear Blissers,

How are you? It has been a while and hope you all are doing well!! 

Privacy consideration and legal compliance of facial recognition in the artificial intelligence era. Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. The term may also be applied to any machine that exhibits traits associated with a human mind such as learning and problem-solving.   

Pattern reorganization, especially used in the surveillance system, is one of the most well-known AI applications developed in the recently years. Undoubtedly, safety and security are the major advantages of the application to uncover criminals or to find missing children and/or seniors.   

However, the protection of an individual's privacy and the prevention of legal abuse are always the major concerns. On 25^th of July, we are going to have a deep knowledge on this popular technology and discuss the pros and cons about the application.  

Agenda:  

14:30 – 14:40 Warm up and self-introduction 
14:40 – 15:00 Experience sharing on face recognition 

15:00 – 15:20 Introduction on the face recognition technique 

15:20 – 15:30 Break 

15:30 – 16:00 Surveillance society overview 

16:00 – 16:30 Discussion on the public surveillance 

16:30 – 17:00 Personal Data Privacy and Protection in a Surveillance Era 

Guided questions:   

1. Do you have any experience in using Apple Face ID or Android Face unlock? Do you have any concern on facial recognition technology now nowadays?  

2. Have you ever installed the surveillance system in your home and what is the purpose? If not, will you like to install such system at your home? 

3. What’s your motivation to have a surveillance system? Do you agree the installation of public surveillance system? 

Reference Links: 

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_recognition_system 

2. https://www.economist.com/open-future/2019/12/13/surveillance-is-a-fact-of-life-so-make-privacy-a-human-right 

3. https://towardsdatascience.com/how-ethical-is-facial-recognition-technology-8104db2cb81b 

4 https://www.barrons.com/articles/san-francisco-facial-recognition-ban-51557878920

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