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Deep neural networks can detect sexual orientation from faces [pdf]

• allovernow 7y ago
  >Consistent with the prenatal hormone theory of sexual 40 orientation, gay men and women tended to have gender-atypical facial morphology, expression, 41 and grooming styles Only a matter of time before these conclusions are hand waved away as some sort of bias the same way that talk of ML showing race based trends is taboo without a dismissive disclaimer. There is a massive dissonance growing between western society's utopian clean slate-ism and the reality that physical characteristics are strong statistical priors for a range of predictions at an individual and group level. Now, whether or not it is ethical to make use of such priors is the real question - but the trend in tech seems to be focusing on the wrong discussion and potentially holding back beneficial research.
• gus_massa 7y ago
  (2017) IIRC from the discussion when this was published, the problem is that they use the images from dating sites, that probably have a lot of additional cues according to what is more fashionable in each sexual orientation community.