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Stanford Scientist Can Tell If You’re A Liberal Just By Looking At Your Face
Nation & State ^ | 1-16-2021

Posted on 01/16/2021 6:17:30 AM PST by blam

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the surveillance state has utilized technology derived from Silicon Valley, such as facial recognition algorithms, to enhance society’s control.

Authoritarian regimes and unscrupulous corporations are leveraging these technologies to track citizens, stalk criminals, and monitor employees, but what if this technology, rapidly advancing in the last couple of years, can determine a person’s political views?

Imagine this; obviously, the Washington Metropolitan Area is lined with surveillance cameras, with some cameras that may already be employing facial recognition algorithms. Hypothetically speaking, what if these cameras could recognize an angry mob and accurately (to some degree) identify their political views by observing their faces and then alert authorities of potential social unrest in a specific area.

While that technology has yet to be deployed, it may certainly exists.

Researchers have developed a facial recognition algorithm that they claim can determine a person’s political views with reasonable accuracy.

Stanford University’s Michal Kosinski conducted a study published on Monday in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.

“Ubiquitous facial recognition technology can expose individuals’ political orientation, as faces of liberals and conservatives consistently differ,” Kosinski said.

He trained the facial recognition algorithm to accurately guess a person’s political view with an accuracy rating of about 72%. To do this, the researcher trained an algorithm with over one million profiles from social media websites across the US, UK, and Canada.

“Political orientation was correctly classified in 72% of liberal-conservative face pairs, remarkably better than chance (50%), human accuracy (55%), or one afforded by a 100-item personality questionnaire (66%). Accuracy was similar across countries (the U.S., Canada, and the UK), environments (Facebook and dating websites), and when comparing faces across samples. Accuracy remained high (69%) even when controlling for age, gender, and ethnicity,” he said.

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KEYWORDS: ai; liberal; software; stanford
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1 posted on 01/16/2021 6:17:30 AM PST by blam
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To: blam

Easy. If you look stupid you are a liberal.


2 posted on 01/16/2021 6:19:25 AM PST by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of biteme and the whore)
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To: blam

If you look like a putz, you’re a liberal.


3 posted on 01/16/2021 6:19:26 AM PST by cockroach_magoo
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To: blam

So can I. Liberals are ugly and angry.


4 posted on 01/16/2021 6:20:35 AM PST by Afterguard (Deplorable me! )
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To: blam

This used to be called physiognomy and it was dismissed as pseudoscience. Turns out it wasn’t so spurious as people claimed.


5 posted on 01/16/2021 6:20:50 AM PST by Shadow44
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To: blam

It’s seeing the “know it all” and “whiny/crybaby” looks.


6 posted on 01/16/2021 6:21:30 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: blam

If you look constipated you are liberal.


7 posted on 01/16/2021 6:21:41 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: freedumb2003

The technical term for this is “gaydar”.


8 posted on 01/16/2021 6:22:44 AM PST by glorgau
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To: cockroach_magoo

we mostly know by their application emails. The interview gives away the rest. If they still try to go the undercover agent way, we have subtle questions which points it out.


9 posted on 01/16/2021 6:22:48 AM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: blam

if you look like you’ve escaped from the Island of Misfit Toys- pretty sure you are a liberal.


10 posted on 01/16/2021 6:23:02 AM PST by ronniesgal ( no fool like an old fool!)
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To: blam

Remember about 20 years ago when we were all told it was impossible to judge people by their looks.

I think it was called “prejudiced.”

That spike-haired punk with piercings all over was fine.
Those wife-beater wearing smoking men with pick-ups were ok.
The 3 piece suit wearing business executive even could be alright if he gave enough money to the right politicians.


11 posted on 01/16/2021 6:26:36 AM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food. )
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To: freedumb2003

I can face recognize a lefty in minutes now, they are the ones wearing masks outside or while riding a bike or driving in their car alone.


12 posted on 01/16/2021 6:27:52 AM PST by thirst4truth (America, What difference does it make?)
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13 posted on 01/16/2021 6:28:26 AM PST by Starcitizen (Thank you to the Senate for passing S.386, turning the US into the third-world shithole of India. )
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14 posted on 01/16/2021 6:29:58 AM PST by Starcitizen (Thank you to the Senate for passing S.386, turning the US into the third-world shithole of India. )
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To: blam

Liberals arrested in Portland riots.

15 posted on 01/16/2021 6:32:09 AM PST by tellw (ed)
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To: thirst4truth

Couple of months ago I saw a guy driving a convertible, with the top down, while wearing a mask.


16 posted on 01/16/2021 6:32:21 AM PST by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: blam

I know one thing... you sure as hell can pick them out in road construction merge zones!!


17 posted on 01/16/2021 6:32:28 AM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: Shadow44

I’m wondering if it works because liberal political orientation in the US is very high in some ethnic groups and the software is just picking up on features they share. Racist software! (Sarc).


18 posted on 01/16/2021 6:33:59 AM PST by rmichaelj (Ave Maria gratia plena, Dominus tecum.)
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To: blam

You know how you can just look at some people and tell that they are a liberal? Is not something you can define you just know by looking at them. Same thing with gaydar. Maybe it’s ESP I don’t know...


19 posted on 01/16/2021 6:38:17 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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Stanford Scientist Can Tell If You’re A Liberal Just By Looking At Your Face

Nothing new under the sun!

19th century criminology (physiognomy) put forth the idea that you could identify criminals by facial features. Today, so-called educated men coninue to show how stupid we can be.


20 posted on 01/16/2021 6:40:11 AM PST by JesusIsLord
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