Lombroso's Theory?
Lombroso's Theory?
Originally shared by Gideon Rosenblatt
Machine Learning in Assessing Likelihood of Criminal Behavior
As MIT Technology review explains, there are three defining facial features the neural network factored in to make its classifications:
[T]he curvature of upper lip which is on average 23 percent larger for criminals than for noncriminals; the distance between two inner corners of the eyes, which is 6 percent shorter; and the angle between two lines drawn from the tip of the nose to the corners of the mouth, which is 20 percent smaller.
There are real questions here on the validity, but even bigger are the moral considerations. This is especially true given our experience here in North America with similar such software, which showed a strong racial bias.
More on bias in technology here:
http://www.the-vital-edge.com/technology-bias/
http://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2016/11/25/artificial-intelligence-criminals-face/
Originally shared by Gideon Rosenblatt
Machine Learning in Assessing Likelihood of Criminal Behavior
As MIT Technology review explains, there are three defining facial features the neural network factored in to make its classifications:
[T]he curvature of upper lip which is on average 23 percent larger for criminals than for noncriminals; the distance between two inner corners of the eyes, which is 6 percent shorter; and the angle between two lines drawn from the tip of the nose to the corners of the mouth, which is 20 percent smaller.
There are real questions here on the validity, but even bigger are the moral considerations. This is especially true given our experience here in North America with similar such software, which showed a strong racial bias.
More on bias in technology here:
http://www.the-vital-edge.com/technology-bias/
http://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2016/11/25/artificial-intelligence-criminals-face/
I was curious and had to look it up:
ReplyDeleteen.m.wikipedia.org - Cesare Lombroso - Wikipedia