What is the significance of monitoring animals using 'face recognition technology'?

by alex lang

Face recognition technology is a rapidly developing research field in recent years, and face recognition technology is adopted also for authentication of smartphone, and the benefits of face recognition technology are being reflected in real life as well. New York Magazine reports on reasons for using such face recognition technology for animals and monitoring.

Why Humans Monitor a Lot of Animals Using Facial Recognition
http://nymag.com/developing/2018/10/what-creatures-may-we-place-in-the-panopticon.html

Although it is a face recognition technology that can identify an individual's face and use it for authentication, or identify a criminal from the face shown on the surveillance camera on the crime scene, many problems have been pointed out in practical use. For example, a person other than the person may break through the face authentication of the iPhone or Amazon's face recognition technology misunderstands 28 senators in the US Senate / Congressman as "criminal", and face recognition technology It can not be said to be perfect.

Regardless of what purpose it is used, if there is bias in the database to construct algorithms for face recognition technology, the finished face recognition technology has a bias for a specific race or gender There is a possibility. It is also pointed out that in countries with strong state power like China, a large amount of face recognition technology loaded devices are being introduced for the purpose of monitoring the masses.

There is a tendency to be condemned as to whether "there is no ethical problem" against the nation and the police power to monitor the general public. On the other hand, it is unknown what kind of response will be received if "an animal is monitored".

by Jay Phagan

Now that human beings can be identified by face recognition, it is possible to recognize and identify the faces of animals in the same way as human beings. And, in the same way that the nation monitors the people, it can be used to grasp the animal's health condition and number of individuals by monitoring the animals using face recognition technology as well .

According to Bloomberg 's report , a company called " Cermaq " which is cultivating salmon and trout of Norway cooperated with IT companies and developed a salmon face recognition technology. In this face recognition system, a surveillance camera is deployed near the surface of the aquaculture farm to recognize the face of salmon cultivated at a constant cycle. If they discover parasites such as lice and signs of infection, they are instantly isolated from other salmon, and it seems to be a system to stop the spread of damage.

By introducing this method, it is possible not only to monitor the health condition of salmon, but also to grasp the number of healthy individuals. Similar technology is expected to benefit not only Norway but also farmers in many countries, and it is said that face recognition technology of animals may bring great benefit to animal related industries.

by Isaac Wedin

In addition to industrial fields, animal face recognition technology can also help protect wildlife. It is possible to investigate the habitat of rare wild animals and to measure the number of individuals by specifying the individuals of the animals to which the fixed point camera is installed in nature. It is also thought that animal face recognition technology can be utilized to save animals from poachers.