“Neural networks are anti-fragile. Attacking makes them stronger. So-called adversarial attacks are rarely adversarial in nature. Most often they are used to fortify a neural network.”
– American artist and anti-surveillance researcher
Adam Harvey, admitting defeat in the face of AI-powered computer vision systems. In his landmark project
CV Dazzle (2010), Harvey famously defeated the CCTV-era
Viola–Jones Haar Cascade face detection algorithm with low-cost makeup and hair hacks—a tactic he now deems no longer relevant. “Resistance can only happen at a collective level,” Harvey argues.
