{"id":29572,"date":"2022-01-18T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/what-life-is-like-as-a-super-recognizer#id31279"},"modified":"2022-01-18T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:45:00","slug":"people-dont-want-to-believe-that-humans-could-be-better-than-a-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/people-dont-want-to-believe-that-humans-could-be-better-than-a-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPeople don\u2019t want to believe that humans could be better than a machine.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Guardian<\/em> story<\/a> today about what life is like as a “super-recognizer,” someome who's exceptionally good at remembering faces…<\/p>\n

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She still enjoys looking at faces – the use of face masks during the pandemic is providing a fun challenge. Most of the time she can still recognise a person even if they’re wearing one – and the diagnosis has given her “confidence in my abilities.” “It made me realise: oh yeah, it’s not crazy – I must have been right the whole time. It’s not that I’m creepy, but my brain is just wired that way.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…reminded us of the much more robust New Yorker <\/em>article from 2016<\/a> about facial-recognizing pros in London, and it's still great.<\/p>\n

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“Every identification we make is effectively a cold case. We’re unique. There’s no precedent for what we’re doing.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A Guardian<\/em> story<\/a> today about what life is like as a “super-recognizer,” someome who’s exceptionally good at remembering faces…<\/p>\n

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She still enjoys looking at faces \u2013 the use of face masks during the pandemic is providing a fun challenge. Most of the time she can still recognise a person even if they\u2019re wearing one \u2013 and the diagnosis has given her \u201cconfidence in my abilities.\u201d \u201cIt made me realise: oh yeah, it\u2019s not crazy \u2013 I must have been right the whole time. It\u2019s not that I\u2019m creepy, but my brain is just wired that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…reminded us of the much more robust New Yorker <\/em>article from 2016<\/a> about facial-recognizing pros in London, and it’s still great.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEvery identification we make is effectively a cold case. We\u2019re unique. There\u2019s no precedent for what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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