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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days ago

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"

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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"

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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days ago
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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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  • chgxvjh [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    For fuck sakes. I assumed you had rediscovered something from a hundred years ago.

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      Yeah, no, i am sorry to report that this is an actual thing on yale dot edu in 2025:

      https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/ai-photo-analysis-illuminates-how-personality-traits-predict-career-trajectories

      https://insights.som.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2025-01/AI Personality Extraction from Faces Labor Market Implications_0.pdf

      oooaaaaaaauhhh

      • context [fae/faer, fae/faer]@hexbear.netM
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        yale and reinventing phrenology, name a more iconic duo

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