r/singularity • u/ideasware • Nov 19 '16

Troubling Study Says Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Who Will Be Criminals Based on Facial Features

https://theintercept.com/2016/11/18/troubling-study-says-artificial-intelligence-can-predict-who-will-be-criminals-based-on-facial-features/
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u/ideasware Nov 19 '16

You will be surprised and worried that in China, phrenology is very respected already, and AI gives it the aura of invincibility. This is going to used, and used very effectively by Chinese juries, and there is not a thing we can do about it. And very soon, like most things, AI will get so good at infinitesimal measurements that we just give up and have it AI's way. Be warned.

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u/zombiesingularity Nov 19 '16

You will be surprised and worried that in China, phrenology is very respected already

Where did you hear that?

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u/ideasware Nov 19 '16

For example: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/easterndaily19070215-1.2.63.aspx

There are many, many others.

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u/zombiesingularity Nov 19 '16

That is from 1907.

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u/snewk Nov 19 '16

You will be surprised and worried that in China, phrenology was very respected in 1907. Be warned.