The police in Columbia, S.C., released this sketch of a possible suspect based on DNA left at the crime scene. Parabon NanoLabs, which made the image, has begun offering DNA phenotyping services to law enforcement agencies.
I anxiously await the results of double blind testing, in which the DNA of random individuals of many different ages is submitted for face synthesis, and then random third parties try to match the synthetic faces with the actual faces of the people from whom the samples were taken.
It will be interesting to see those scores.
“Others say use of these techniques could exacerbate racial profiling among law enforcement agencies and infringe on privacy.”
How, if ones innate characteristics are unique, is racial profiling going to be a problem?
A black male with dark eyes and hair. That really narrows it down, to 10 or 20 million.
How can they get an idea of approximate age from DNA??