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Experimental AI Lie Detector Will Help Screen EU Travelers (engadget.com)

SeriousSamy shares a report from Engadget: In the future, you might talk to an AI to cross borders in the European Union. The EU and Hungary's National Police will run a six-month pilot project, iBorderCtrl, that will help screen travelers in Hungary, Greece and Latvia. The system will have you upload photos of your passport, visa and proof of funds, and then use a webcam to answer basic questions from a personalized AI border agent. The virtual officer will use AI to detect the facial microexpressions that can reveal when someone is lying. At the border, human agents will use that info to determine what to do next -- if there are signs of lying or a photo mismatch, they'll perform a more stringent check.

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  1. Stop implementing dystopian shit, you idiots! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Do you want war? That's how you get war! Read the books to the end before you think "hey that tech sounds cool I'm going to build that".

  2. Great idea by king+neckbeard · · Score: 2

    Oh, a Voight-Kampff test. I can't possibly see any downsides to this...

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    1. Re:Great idea by Bobrick · · Score: 2

      What downsides? Have you seeeeen the amazing special FX?

  3. Sample Questions by Zorro · · Score: 2

    "Let me see your identification."

    "These aren't the droids we're looking for."

    "You can go about your business."

    "Move along... move along."

    1. Re:Sample Questions by BuffaloedBill · · Score: 2

      You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?

  4. Only the professional liars will get through by Arzaboa · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Nothing like being sent to secondary screening with the presumption you have done something bad. Humans don't handle part two under these circumstances any better than I believe robots will handle part 1.

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    1. Re:Only the professional liars will get through by HornWumpus · · Score: 2

      Maybe not 'professionals'. But Lying is a skill that can be improved, like any other.

      Lie more.

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  5. Re:lie detectors by HornWumpus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Learn to lie with body language.

    'Tenting' your fingers during a job interview can get you more money. It's supposed to show 'true confidence and competence'.

    Lean forward whenever an interviewer is really boring the fuck out of you. It's supposed to show you are 'engaged and interested'.

    Remember there are no 'right answers' to personality assessment tests...unless you want the job. Then you want to score high on conscientiousness, openness to experience and agreeableness, low on neuroticism, right in the middle on extroversion (unless a marketer, than high on extroversion).

    Maintain an internal happy chant...'I've got a secret and you won't catch me, la la la lala, I've got a secret...'

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  6. Possible questions in 2025 by eaglesrule · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Have you committed a thoughtcrime, or expressed an opinion that would not qualify as being approved by the EU, since your last mandatory screening?

    Have you ever shared, created, or even willingly viewed an illegal meme that is not already part of your permanent criminal record?

    Have you ever attempted to avoid, tamper with, or disable, any or all monitoring systems present in any personal electronic device, public space, or area designated for personal hygiene?

  7. upload photos? by Skapare · · Score: 2

    it wants you to upload photos? over the internet? is that safe? what if someone fakes AI's FTP server and ends up getting those photos instead? you'd think Mr. AI, at the airport, would have a camera ... a pair of high speed ultra high definition high dynamic range ones, even.

    I wonder if it will accept Monopoly money.

    I wonder if it will accept bribes.

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  8. Re:Horny Wuss couldn't show competence if she trie by HornWumpus · · Score: 2

    You should really charge Donald rent for that space he occupies in your head. Clearly you don't have any to spare.

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  9. Re:Used just like a polygraph by Immerman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nice theory - except that even with people that believe in them, polygraphs are about as effective as flipping a coin. I'm sure this will be much better though - more on par with rolling dice.

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  10. Re:Used just like a polygraph by rtb61 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Lie detectors are a lie, fact. Lie detectors as currently deployed in the US are in fact, reaction to question detectors, whether or not you lie in response to the question is entirely arbitrary, all that counts is your response to the question, hence, lie detectors are in fact a lie.

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