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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" (lemmy.ml)
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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"

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38830374

screenshot of text "Imagine appearing for a job interview and, without saying a single word, being told that you are not getting the role because your face didn’t fit. You would assume discrimination, and might even contemplate litigation.But what if bias was not the reason? What if your face gave genuinely useful clues about your probable performance at work? That question is at the heart of a recent research"

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screenshot of text "a shorter one. Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic than processes which reward, say, educational attainment. Kelly Shue of the Yale School of Management, one of the new paper’s authors, says they are now looking at whether AI facial analysis can give lenders useful clues about a person’s propensity to repay loans. For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing."

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Another thing I see is that I have seen a lot of non-trivial algorithm applications that are now touted as “ai” stuff,

The underlying problem is that "AI" doesn't actually exist. It's a term that has never been used honestly or scientifically. So it can be applied to literally any grift as we're seeing now.

The better term would be “advanced information processing algorithms”

I agree this is a better term. But a problem is that more accurate/scientific terminology is less suitable for grifting and thus will never catch on.