An A.I. Pioneer Wants an FDA for Facial Recognition

Erik Learned-Miller helped create one of the most important face datasets in the world. Now he wants to regulate his creation.

Dave Gershgorn
OneZero
Published in
6 min readJul 26, 2019

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Image: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Erik Learned-Miller is one reason we talk about facial recognition at all.

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Dave Gershgorn
OneZero

Senior Writer at OneZero covering surveillance, facial recognition, DIY tech, and artificial intelligence. Previously: Qz, PopSci, and NYTimes.