Is AI Better at Recognizing Faces Than You?

Is AI Better at Recognizing Faces Than You?

By Shannon Roddel – Notre Dame Facial recognition is now a fixture of modern life, powering everything from national border security to the simple convenience of unlocking a smartphone. However, these advancements bring significant risks to privacy, equity, and civil rights. While AI can now match faces as accurately as humans, the specific logic these algorithms use to calculate similarity remains a “black box” (closed source). To bridge this g…