The good folks at Tiger Beat on the Potomac. aka Politico, have a story titled, "AI is ummasking ICE officers. Can Washington do anything about it?"
First, the tools are freely available, and the activist who is doing this lives in the Netherlands, so Washington really cannot do anything about this.
Second, this man is doing God's work. Unmasking the ICE cowards is a public good, and we should be thanking him, not wringing our hands.
An activist has started using artificial intelligence to identify Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents beneath their masks — a use of the technology sparking new political concerns over AI-powered surveillance.
Dominick Skinner, a Netherlands-based immigration activist, estimates he and a group of volunteers have publicly identified at least 20 ICE officials recorded wearing masks during arrests. He told POLITICO his experts are “able to reveal a face using AI, if they have 35 percent or more of the face visible.”
The AI-powered project adds a new twist to the debates over both ICE masking and government surveillance tools, as immigration enforcement becomes more widespread and aggressive.
ICE says its agents need to wear masks to prevent being unfairly harassed for doing their jobs. To their critics, agents in masks have become a potent symbol of unaccountable government force. The masking, and the counter-campaign to identify agents, has prompted a crossfire of bills on Capitol Hill.
Anything that makes these cowards accountable is a good thing.
Sunlight is a cure for things that live under rocks.
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