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mcantelon on Sept 28, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Carnegie Mellon face recognition study has unsettl...

I'm a bit unsettled when I see the US Army is funding this, given that they're also working on autonomous "terminator" drones.

neworbit on Sept 28, 2011 | [–]

They fund a lot of things, but yes, I don't think I'd like to be on the receiving end of "You bear a distinct resemblance to someone we'd like to explode."

libraryatnight on Sept 28, 2011 | [–]

The robot assassins are coming. But in seriousness, I found this unsettling too.

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