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I remember learning a bit about phrenology in psychology. I found it very interesting...I myself do not trust technology to use facial features to determine innocence. I have my doubts that such technology would become the be all and end all in a courtroom.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on November 21, 2016 at 5:30 AM
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I refuse to volunteer for such scientific studies because they would have me locked up before I could hire a lawyer.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 20, 2016 at 4:07 PM
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Well, we do tend to attribute handsome guys with boy-scout
honesty, dependability and loyalty, etc... There was a serial killer named Ted Bundy who traded on his good looks to lure his victims. Wonder what these experts would deduce from his prenology....
posted by
Pat_B
on November 20, 2016 at 1:55 PM
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Nautikos
Wow! Yes, I am familiar with the term and concept of phrenology, almost up there with astrology. But this is far beyond that! What about people who have had "work" done on their faces? (Not me! LOL) How would the computer know that? I would really like to see the photos for myself of the people in the study, along with what the computer determined about them. Human instinct isn't something that AI is able to duplicate, to my knowledge, regardless of info fed into an algorithm. Profiling at its utmost, this would be. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 20, 2016 at 12:49 PM
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Yes ideal as long as they don't arrest me for an innocent act, which I am trying to suppress. If I see a long nail in the gutter I feel obliged to pick it up in a tissue and dispose of it safely. I may have saved a few accidents. 
posted by
C_C_T
on November 20, 2016 at 10:24 AM
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