Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-06-08]: A lot of controversy is around for the automatic Facebook face recognition functionality, that will “read” all images uploaded in the social network and automatically tag faces it finds there [source: BBC News]. We are not really far from the era when the Internet will automatically find our friends on its own, based on the photos we all take when we go at an ATM, an airport, a public building or just walk in the street… Maybe the time when everything is deterministic (and determined by computer programs) is coming more quick than we imagine…(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective...
