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AI discovers that not every fingerprint is unique
(techxplore.com)
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this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2024
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They copy pasted the Columbia University press release word for word. Which is unfortunately way too common on science journalism. The article just repeats the researchers claims which may or may not hold water. Their main claim that they proved that inter fingerprints aren't unique is just semantic manipulation. That's probably what irked reviewers. Their research doesn't support their claims. At best, they're proposing a mediocre application of AI to detect markers that were already known about.
That makes a lot of sense. It's way too easy to spread BS the way that science journalism works.