The first time I witnessed a camera detect a face to aid the autofocus system, I was amazed. In part because the technology seemed magical and the highlighted rectangle tracking faces seemed like science fiction, and in part because I seem to possess a talent for taking out-of-focus photos.
The first time I used Apple Apertures facial recognition, I thought it was pretty novel. It wasnt terribly accurate and it was slow (as is Lightrooms version), but it seemed to have... more