War, which brings nothing but destruction, is also known for its power to bring out the darkest side in people. And unfortunately, the wars in different geographies in recent years offer us many bad examples in this regard.
A recent report by the Washington Post provides a solid example of how true this statement is. Accordingly, it is reported that soldiers in Russian-occupied Ukraine scanned the faces of Russian soldiers who died in the conflict using facial recognition software and sent them to the soldiers’ mothers. We know that responding to a wrong with a wrong does not result in a right, and this is; This is a pretty good example of the word.
The facial recognition system can identify the faces of even the seriously injured
Yes, you read it right: Ukrainian soldiers are said to have sent pictures of deceased Russian soldiers to mothers who lost their children. Whichever side of the war you are on, this sounds like the lowest point where humanity can descend. But as history has shown time and time again, we humans are famous for proving countless times that we can do worse, always surpassing ourselves.
It is stated that the highly controversial facial recognition software developed by Clearview AI can even identify a person whose head was gouged out due to serious injuries during the war. Speaking to Futurism after this report, Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That noted that thanks to the artificial intelligence technology of the software, it can work on photos in the dark, with or without glasses, with or without a beard, or only certain parts of the face are visible, from many different angles. It has been shown to be successful in the field at identifying deceased bodies, even with facial injuries.” conveys the form.
A surveillance expert from London told the Washington Post that while tempting to take the Ukrainian side is tempting, this phenomenon has blurred the lines between hacktivist and war criminal more than ever before. On the subject, Stephanie Hare says, “If there were Russian soldiers who did this with Ukrainian mothers, we would have said, ‘Oh my God, this is barbaric.'”
A trauma that will never be forgotten for the families of the deceased
The disinformation spread by the Russian media during the war and Chernobyl, the region considered by Russian soldiers as the worst nuclear disaster area in history, It seems reasonable to take the side of the Ukrainian soldiers, considering things like the attack on Turkey. However, as we said at the beginning of the news: Responding to a wrong with a wrong does not result in a right. In fact, most of the time, this can result in provoking the other party and even worse being done to you.
Imagine if a family who lost a child actually believed the Russian propaganda that the Ukrainians were being overrun by Nazi terrorists and Western threats. How do you think this family can be expected to react to a bloody photo of their dead child? Ukraine’s continued use of a piece of technology that can scan a database of 20 billion images from social media and the internet, regardless of the possible dystopian consequences, may have only one result: a deep trauma that will never be forgotten for the mothers and families of the deceased.
On the other hand, it is not difficult to think that this technology is used for more humane purposes. For example, wouldn’t it be much better to send a message to families who lost their loved ones in the turmoil of war with a kind of weekly missing report?
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