Researchers Built an 'Online Lie Detector.' Honestly, That Could Be a Problem (wired.com)

A group of researchers claims to have built a prototype for an "online polygraph" that uses machine learning to detect deception from text alone. But as a few machine learning academics point out, what these researchers have actually demonstrated is the inherent danger of overblown machine learning claims. From a report: When Wired showed the study to a few academics and machine learning experts, they responded with deep skepticism. Not only does the study not necessarily serve as the basis of any kind of reliable truth-telling algorithm, it makes potentially dangerous claims: A text-based "online polygraph" that's faulty, they warn, could have far worse social and ethical implications if adopted than leaving those determinations up to human judgment.

"It's an eye-catching result. But when we're dealing with humans, we have to be extra careful, especially when the implications of whether someone's lying could lead to conviction, censorship, the loss of a job," says Jevin West, a professor at the Information School at the University of Washington and a noted critic of machine learning hype. "When people think the technology has these abilities, the implications are bigger than a study."

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Re:Dems are gonna shit

[jellomizer]

So you don't care how bad things get, just as democrats suffer.

It isn't that the Democrats and Republicans have irrefutable differences, they are both Americans, and share many of the same culture and ideals.

Unfortunately you have influenced by propaganda and are no longer objective, and allowed the crudity instinct in you to become dominate.