ahimsa

2021-01-19 11:46:12

so...when will we start talking about the risks of #neuroeugenics?

the scientific journal #nature is talking about it...



it's essentially what #facebook does and what #diaspora makes a point of not doing...

so there is the conviction that humanity is flawed from the get-go, or that we have some easy-to-abuse flaws (parenting, environment, society) that need treatment (therapy, medication)...and that leads to a technological culture convinced that it has the solution in the form of mitigating algorithmic content....

I really wonder: does this conviction result in a dependence on #big-brother, resulting in a vicious cycle? Are we worse off, the more people besides ourselves try and help us?

#philosophy #society #socialnetworks

Facial recognition technology can expose political orientation from naturalistic facial images

Ubiquitous facial recognition technology can expose individuals’ political orientation, as faces of liberals and conservatives consistently differ. A facial recognition algorithm was applied to naturalistic images of 1,085,795 individuals to predict their political orientation by comparing their similarity to faces of liberal and conservative others. Political orientation was correctly classified in 72% of liberal–conservative face pairs, remarkably better than chance (50%), human accuracy (55%), or one afforded by a 100-item personality questionnaire (66%). Accuracy was similar across countries (the U.S., Canada, and the UK), environments (Facebook and dating websites), and when comparing faces across samples. Accuracy remained high (69%) even when controlling for age, gender, and ethnicity. Given the widespread use of facial recognition, our findings have critical implications for the protection of privacy and civil liberties.

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