Book contents
- Accountable Design
- Accountable Design
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Tracing the Path to Clever Computing
- 2 Introducing Accountable Design
- 3 Designing for Privacy in Clever Urban Computing
- 4 Designing for Security in Clever Domestic Computing
- 5 Designing for Trust in Clever Biometric Computing
- 6 Doing Accountable Design Now and in the Future
- Index
5 - Designing for Trust in Clever Biometric Computing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2026
Book contents
- Accountable Design
- Accountable Design
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Tracing the Path to Clever Computing
- 2 Introducing Accountable Design
- 3 Designing for Privacy in Clever Urban Computing
- 4 Designing for Security in Clever Domestic Computing
- 5 Designing for Trust in Clever Biometric Computing
- 6 Doing Accountable Design Now and in the Future
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 analyses how to design more trustworthy and safer Clever Biometric Computing systems, that is, sensor technologies that read and computationally interpret the human body using AI. The complex socio-technical histories around facial recognition technologies (FRT) and emotion recognition (ERT) are presented, as key examples of Clever Biometric Computing. Discussion focuses on why they are ethically, legally, and socio-technically problematic. The chapter then explores the EU policy landscape around trustworthy AI and the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). The AIA formal legal requirements for design of AI systems are comprehensively analysed, particularly the turn to design for regulating high-risk AI systems (HRAIS). Some requirements that are analysed include human oversight, fundamental rights impact assessments, data governance, record keeping, and transparency. Different examples are presented too, such as ERT for safety in cars, industrial workplaces, and law enforcement use of live FRT. Ways to overcome challenges of operationalising the HRAIS requirements from an Accountable Design perspective are a key part of this chapter.
Keywords
Artificial Intelligence Acthigh-risk AItrustfacial recognition technologiesemotion recognition technologiesemotional AIaffective computingsurveillancebenchmarkingfundamental rights impact assessmentAI ethicslaw enforcementpolicing algorithmscomputer visionbasic emotion theoryAI ethicssupply chaintransparencyhuman oversightindustrial IoTroboticsHCIsafetygenerative AIrobustnessrisk managementhuman oversightresponsible and trustworthy AI.
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- Accountable DesignBringing Law into Human-Centred Computing, pp. 164 - 213Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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