{"id":97117,"date":"2016-05-24T09:33:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T17:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=97117"},"modified":"2016-05-24T09:33:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T17:33:09","slug":"can-you-spot-a-terrorist-just-by-looking-at-their-face-new-software-can-tell-if-you-are-anything-from-a-paedophile-to-an-ace-poker-player-by-analysing-your-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=97117","title":{"rendered":"Can you spot a terrorist just by looking at their face? New software can tell if you are anything from a paedophile to an ace poker player by analysing your features"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daily Mail<\/a>: A company claims it can identify terrorists, paedophiles and ace poker players simply by looking at their face.
\nFaception, an Israeli start-up, says its technology can spot character traits that are undetectable to the naked eye.
\nThe company claims its software classified nine of the 11 Paris massacre jihadists as terrorists from their facial features without inputting any prior knowledge of their involvement.
\nIt appears to have been so successful, the firm says it is now working with a homeland security agency to help identify criminals.
\nShai Gilboa, Faception chief executive, said: ‘We understand the human much better than other humans understand each other.
\n‘Our personality is determined by our DNA and reflected in our face. It’s a kind of signal.’
\nThe firm, which was founded in Tel Aviv in 2014, has developed a database of 15 classifiers which Gilboa says are used to determine personality traits with 80 per cent accuracy…
\nThe Faception website says: ‘Utilising advanced machine-learning techniques, we developed and continue to evolve an array of classifiers.
\n‘These classifiers represent a certain persona, with a unique personality type, a collection of personality traits or behaviours.
\n‘Our algorithms can score an individual according to their fit to these classifiers.’
\nHowever, experts questioned whether the technology could lead to a Minority Report-style system of justice where people are placed under suspicion before they have even committed an offence.
\nThey also warn that such software is often only as accurate as the information that is programmed in in the first place.
\nPedro Domingos, a professor of computer science at the University of Washington, said: ‘Can I predict that you’re an axe murderer by looking at your face and therefore should I arrest you?
\n‘You can see how this would be controversial.’
\nGilboa says the company will never make his classifiers that predict negative traits available to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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