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vandebay t1_ixhrytb wrote

Why only holocaust photos? What technical limitations that make the technology unable to identify other photos, eg. Rwandan massacre or Khmer Rouge genocide?

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samaramatisse t1_ixhuqeh wrote

They are probably starting with the Holocaust victims because there are likely better records that can be cross-referenced. The Nazis were meticulous record-keepers. The recorded evidence they failed to destroy proved pivotal in several war crimes convictions.

I don't think anyone is gatekeeping the technology or saying other genocides and massacres aren't important. I think they're probably starting with something they think has a higher probability of making accurate matches, therefore improving subsequent use of the technology.

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jyper t1_ixjtt5p wrote

Yad Vashem the Holocaust memorial has a large database of a large percentage of those who died

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emteeeuler t1_ixhtrgn wrote

From the article:

> The inspiration: Daniel Patt, a software engineer for Google, knows the names of at least three Holocaust survivors because they’re his grandparents. 

This is just the start, safe to say it'll be widely used

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