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defrogI got a fever.
No, really. A mild one, but a fever nonetheless. And it couldn’t come at a worse time, with deadlines looming and only two days left to pack the rest of the house.
And then I turn on the Internets and read this:
Uh-oh.
I say that not because I regularly fake sickness to get out of work (I don’t – I’ve done it maybe once in the last 12 years), but because I know enough about voice recognition technology to know that it’s not that accurate. I’m sure there’s going to be some cases where the computer gives a false reading and workers are forced to come in sick and give whatever they have to the rest of the office, or get penalized for something they didn’t do.
Oh well, at least they’re not relying on computers to, say, monitor surveillance cameras to tell the cops when they think someone is acting suspicious.
Unless you live in Chicago, I mean.
Time for my medication now.
Mind yr throats, please,
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No, really. A mild one, but a fever nonetheless. And it couldn’t come at a worse time, with deadlines looming and only two days left to pack the rest of the house.
And then I turn on the Internets and read this:
Voice recognition software can tell if you're chucking a sickie
Employers are turning to voice recognition software to crack down on unnecessary sick leave.
Britain's Daily Mail reports that some companies are using a new generation of voice analysis systems to detect whether someone is lying when they call in sick.
It said that a trial in north-west London, saved the borough of Harrow approximately £420,000 in false benefit claims.
Employers are turning to voice recognition software to crack down on unnecessary sick leave.
Britain's Daily Mail reports that some companies are using a new generation of voice analysis systems to detect whether someone is lying when they call in sick.
It said that a trial in north-west London, saved the borough of Harrow approximately £420,000 in false benefit claims.
Uh-oh.
I say that not because I regularly fake sickness to get out of work (I don’t – I’ve done it maybe once in the last 12 years), but because I know enough about voice recognition technology to know that it’s not that accurate. I’m sure there’s going to be some cases where the computer gives a false reading and workers are forced to come in sick and give whatever they have to the rest of the office, or get penalized for something they didn’t do.
Oh well, at least they’re not relying on computers to, say, monitor surveillance cameras to tell the cops when they think someone is acting suspicious.
Unless you live in Chicago, I mean.
Time for my medication now.
Mind yr throats, please,
This is dF
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on 2008-05-17 04:50 am (UTC)Yeah, they used to have cameras up in Ybor City (nightclub district) in Tampa that were hooked up to face recognition software, which supposedly was to aid cops in locating known felons. They made a huge deal out of the whole project, but they never made one correct id and for many years the whole system was left unattended. How much crime did they deter?
Well, there were regularly stabbings and brawls in the street there, and on at least one occasion that I recall somebody followed me and my girlfriend from the car halfway up the main drag demanding that we buy drugs from him.
-- JF
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on 2008-05-18 01:28 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2008-05-17 05:05 am (UTC)