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            1. some people have criminal-looking faces, and computers can detect that arxiv.org/pdf/1611.04135v1.pdf
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            this comes from a background: google.com/?q=fluctuating+asymmetry+crime seems like it's probably related
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          the thing about recent AI popular (successful) methods is that they work by magic
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        i did a class on genetic algorithms (different, still magic), and we were shown handwavey theories about how they might work. not theorems.
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      much like the psych classes (which FA was in). anyway, where was i? oh, yeah, maybe you'll suffer because a computer doesn't like your face.
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    this isn't just blindly inevitable. the EU has issued a ruling on a "Right To An Explanation". incompatible with neural nets, but... just?