Comment on The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"

AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Plastic surgery would become more popular.

  One of the paper’s authors had the same thought:

  “Suppose this type of technology gets used in labor market screening, or maybe dating markets,” Shue muses. “Going forward, you could imagine a reaction in which people then start modifying their pictures to look a certain way. Or they could modify their actual faces through cosmetic procedures.”‌

  She also bizarrely claims

  “we are very much not advocating that this technology be used by firms as part of their hiring process.”

  and yet, for some reason:

  The next step for Shue and her colleagues is to explore whether certain personality types are drawn to specific industries or whether those personality types are more likely to succeed within given industries.

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  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I just saw that tinder is testinf ai to match profiles.

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      To be fair, Tinder really can’t get any worse, at this stage.

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• Ancalagon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Also another way to get everyone to scan their face. Tie their employment to it.

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