Researchers Gone Wild
Datageist: Visualization of camera 6 from the now revoked Duke MTMC dataset. © Adam Harvey 2020.

Datageist: Visualization of camera 6 from the now revoked Duke MTMC dataset. © Adam Harvey 2020.

Researchers Gone Wild #

The exhibition Researchers Gone Wild looks at the use of unconstrained and non-consensual data sources in Artificial Intelligence systems. Beginning in 2007 with the “Labeled Faces in the Wild” dataset and continuing throughout 2020, the practice of collecting images “in the wild” has become normalized, but is still largely unregulated and often problematic. Today, dozens of image training datasets with millions of images and identities feed into industrial facial recognition systems with little oversight. The works presented in Researchers Gone Wild showcase discoveries made during the multi-year research project Exposing.ai that investigates image training datasets created “in the wild”.

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Installation Views #

UCF Selfie Dataset GAN Anonymization Video. Photos: Eike Walkenhorst.

UCF Selfie Dataset GAN Anonymization Video. Photos: Eike Walkenhorst.

Today’s Selfie Is Tomorrow’s Biometric Profile.. Photos: Eike Walkenhorst.

Today’s Selfie Is Tomorrow’s Biometric Profile.. Photos: Eike Walkenhorst.

Datageist Duke MTMC. Photos: Eike Walkenhorst.

Datageist Duke MTMC. Photos: Eike Walkenhorst.

Cameos. Photos: Eike Walkenhorst.

Cameos. Photos: Eike Walkenhorst.

George W. Bush (LFW Superpixels). Photos: Eike Walkenhorst.

George W. Bush (LFW Superpixels). Photos: Eike Walkenhorst.

Press #