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Why Stanford Researchers Tried to Create a ‘Gaydar’ Machine
NY Times (via Drudge) ^ | Oct 9,2017 | HEATHER MURPHY

Posted on 10/10/2017 4:34:54 AM PDT by PapaBear3625

...Few seemed concerned. So to call attention to the privacy risks, he decided to show that it was possible to use facial recognition analysis to detect something intimate, something “people should have full rights to keep private.”

After considering atheism, he settled on sexual orientation.

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Presented with photos of gay men and straight men, a computer program was able to determine which of the two was gay with 81 percent accuracy, according to Dr. Kosinski and co-author Yilun Wang’s paper.

The backlash has been fierce.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: gaydar; homosexualagenda; psychology; stanford
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Why are the gay organizations flipping out? Because they have been trying very hard to discredit the idea that somebody can accurately tell if somebody is gay.

I would think that a program that analyzed speech patterns would be more accurate.

1 posted on 10/10/2017 4:34:54 AM PDT by PapaBear3625
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To: PapaBear3625

They were trying to find more potential hookups.

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2 posted on 10/10/2017 4:41:53 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: PapaBear3625

>>I would think that a program that analyzed speech patterns would be more accurate.

Those speech patterns are cultural, not genetic.

It’s a “sign” they flirt with each other, hoping that straight people don’t pick up on it.


3 posted on 10/10/2017 4:43:38 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: PapaBear3625

“I would think that a program that analyzed speech patterns would be more accurate. “

Not even speech patterns; word choice. “Fabulous!”


4 posted on 10/10/2017 4:44:40 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: PapaBear3625

Queer oozes.


5 posted on 10/10/2017 4:45:29 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: PapaBear3625
I would think that a program that analyzed speech patterns would be more accurate.

I think you are right. I think it would be applicable to men, mostly, don't you?

When I started seeing reports of this research, I also was impressed to ask, "Why focus on faces? It's the hands that tell the tale -- true not only of the soft, limp handshake, but also of gestures."

6 posted on 10/10/2017 4:50:08 AM PDT by Migraine ((A smartass who is right can be downright funny. A smartass who is wrong is just a smartass.))
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To: PapaBear3625
Why are the gay organizations flipping out? Because they have been trying very hard to discredit the idea that somebody can accurately tell if somebody is gay.

Nobody is more convinced that they can accurately identify homosexuals than other homosexuals. Probably gay groups are concerned that it will be used to screen out gays.

“When an algorithm with 91 percent accuracy operates in the real world,” Dr. Cox said, “almost two-thirds of the times it says someone is gay, it would be wrong.”

In other words, even with the machine, "gaydar" isn't always on target.

7 posted on 10/10/2017 4:55:52 AM PDT by x
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To: Migraine

After thinking about it, I can see why the gay community would be alarmed. A business which was able to discretely systematically exclude gay men from hiring, would likely experience lower healthcare costs.


8 posted on 10/10/2017 4:57:42 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: PapaBear3625
The gaydar creators:

Wonder what it said about them.

9 posted on 10/10/2017 4:59:44 AM PDT by workerbee (America finally has an American president again.)
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To: Migraine

I think there are actual physical and chemical changes which occur after prolonged homosexual activities.

Just like a heavy smoker has a certain look or stance, as does a heavy drinker.


10 posted on 10/10/2017 5:01:01 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: workerbee

Left, probably not, right- probably so.

I wonder what my accuracy is?


11 posted on 10/10/2017 5:01:57 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: Migraine

Raised eyebrows while making an inquiry, knowing glances...


12 posted on 10/10/2017 5:12:42 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: workerbee
>>Wonder what it said about them.


13 posted on 10/10/2017 5:13:42 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: wbarmy

>>I think there are actual physical and chemical changes which occur after prolonged homosexual activities.

They don’t “evolve” to having self-lubricating colons.

And self-administered hormones don’t count as “chemical changes”.


14 posted on 10/10/2017 5:14:58 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: wbarmy

Like Barney Franks and his puffed up lips.

Yes, anyone looking at him would immediately recognize a degenerate.


15 posted on 10/10/2017 5:30:34 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: PapaBear3625

In my consciousness research I can easily tell if a person’s gender identity has shifted. While this increases the probability of being gay, it is not 100% as being gay is an intellectual decision.

If a man is feminine and straight, he will just find a masculine female as a partner.


16 posted on 10/10/2017 5:38:28 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: PapaBear3625

watery eyes and mom’s or grandma’s facial expressions


17 posted on 10/10/2017 5:51:28 AM PDT by Pollard (TRUMP 2016)
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To: a fool in paradise

I suggest a computer program to look at faces and determine if it’s a male or female. That would shatter the thesis of the left that “gender” (they mean sex) is a continuum and is not binary.

Sex is genetically determined. Gay/strait is NOT. The left doesn’t want you to know that.


18 posted on 10/10/2017 5:52:50 AM PDT by I want the USA back (*slam is a violent political movement that hides behind the illusion of religion.)
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To: Gen.Blather
How about an eye exam you cover one eye as they project charts on the wall for you to read. What if in the middle of those eye chart series you flash a smiling picture of Donald Trump.

If there's look of disgust on the face, that's a sign....

19 posted on 10/10/2017 5:54:58 AM PDT by poconopundit (CNN is... Corruption News Neglected)
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To: PapaBear3625

most are very effeminate males,, not too hard to spot with the accent and all . .


20 posted on 10/10/2017 5:56:24 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> M A G A << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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