Facial Recognition and the Global Challenges of Artificial Intelligence
At the European Sociological Association Midterm Conference, Technology in the Face of Global Challenges, hosted by the University of Porto’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Helena Machado delivered a keynote address.
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In the thematic session Digital Boundaries: Power, Visibility, and the Politics of Technological Control, the keynote Facial Recognition and the Global Challenges of Artificial Intelligence explored how facial recognition technologies reveal broader social, political, and ethical challenges linked to AI. The talk highlighted the roles of diverse actors and the tensions between universal claims and situated experiences, showing how AI-driven facial recognition shapes visibility, power, and future imaginaries well beyond technical or regulatory debates.
