thenextweb | The Guardian reports Berlin-bound artist and independent researcher Adam Harvey is developing a new technology which aims to overwhelm and confuse computer vision systems by feeding them false information.
The Hyperface Project,
as Harvey calls it, revolves around printing deceitful patterns onto
attire and textiles with the purpose of rendering your face illegible to
surveillance systems.
The method essentially dodges facial recognition by presenting
computer vision devices with an overload of patterns closely resembling
facial features like eyes and mouths.
As Harvey explains, the Hyperface technology ultimately prevents
computers from scanning your face by inundating “an algorithm with what
it wants, oversaturating an area with faces to divert the gaze of the
computer vision algorithm.”
The patterns, which Harvey developed in collaboration with interaction studio Hyphen-Labs, can then be worn to shield off the areas facial recognition systems seek to interpret.
MIT | Sue Ding interviewed the creators of NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism,
an ambitious and richly imagined project at this year’s Sundance New
Frontier. Artists Carmen Aguilar y Wedge, Ashley Baccus Clark, Nitzan
Bartov, and Ece Tankal are part of of Hyphen-Labs,
a global team of women of color who are doing pioneering work at the
intersection of art, technology, and science. Together they draw on a
formidable range of expertise, including engineering, molecular biology,
game design, and architecture.
NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism consists of three components.
The first is an installation that transports visitors to a futuristic
and stylish beauty salon. Speculative products designed for women of
color are displayed around the space. They include sunscreen for dark
skin, a scarf whose pattern overwhelms facial recognition software,
earrings that can record video and audio in hostile situations, and a
reflective visor that lets wearers see out while hiding their faces.
The second part of the project is a VR experience that takes place at
a “neurocosmetology lab” in the future. Participants see themselves in
the mirror as a young black girl, as the lab owner explains that they
are about to receive Octavia Electrodes—cutting edge technology
involving both hair extensions and brain-stimulating electrical
currents. In the VR narrative, the electrodes then prompt a
hallucination that carries viewers through a psychedelic Afrofuturist
space landscape.
The final component of the project is Hyphen-Labs’ ongoing research
about how VR can affect viewers, potentially reducing bias and fear by
immersing participants in positive, engaging portrayals of black women.
The team would eventually like to use functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI) technology to study how participants respond to the
experience.
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