‘AI’ is being used to profile people from their head vibrations – but is there enough evidence to support it?

Wed, 2 Jun 2021 05:16:34 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/ai-is-being-used-to-profile-people-from-their-head-vibrations-but-is-there-enough-evidence-to-support-it-160566>

"Digital video surveillance systems can’t just identify who someone is. They
can also work out how someone is feeling and what kind of personality they
have. They can even tell how they might behave in the future. And the key to
unlocking this information about a person is the movement of their head.

That is the claim made by the company behind the VibraImage artificial
intelligence (AI) system. (The term “AI” is used here in a broad sense to refer
to digital systems that use algorithms and tools such as automated biometrics
and computer vision). You may never have heard of it, but digital tools based
on VibraImage are being used across a broad range of applications in Russia,
China, Japan and South Korea.

But as I show in my recent research, published in Science, Technology and
Society, there is very little reliable, empirical evidence that VibraImage and
systems like it are actually effective at what they claim to do.

Among other things, these applications include identifying “suspect”
individuals among crowds of people. They are also used to grade the mental and
emotional states of employees. Users of VibraImage include police forces, the
nuclear industry and airport security. The technology has already been deployed
at two Olympic Games, a FIFA World Cup and a G7 Summit."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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