An Isreali company claims it can identify terrorists, paedophiles and ace poker players simply by looking at their face.
Faception, an Israeli start-up, says its technology can spot character traits that are undetectable to the naked eye.
The
company claims its software classified nine of the 11 Paris massacre
jihadists as terrorists from their facial features without inputting any
prior knowledge of their involvement.
It
appears to have been so successful, the firm says it is now working
with a homeland security agency to help identify criminals.
Shai Gilboa, Faception chief executive, said: 'We understand the human much better than other humans understand each other.
'Our personality is determined by our DNA and reflected in our face. It's a kind of signal.'
The
firm, which was founded in Tel Aviv in 2014, has developed a database
of 15 classifiers which Gilboa says are used to determine personality
traits with 80 per cent accuracy.
Faception
showed off the technology at an amateur poker tournament where it
predicted which four competitors would be the best by comparing their
pictures with a database of professional players.
At the end, two of those four ended up among the event's three finalists, it was reported by The Washington Post.
The
Faception website says: 'Utilising advanced machine-learning techniques,
we developed and continue to evolve an array of classifiers.
'These
classifiers represent a certain persona, with a unique personality
type, a collection of personality traits or behaviours.
'Our algorithms can score an individual according to their fit to these classifiers.'
However,
experts questioned whether the technology could lead to a Minority
Report-style system of justice where people are placed under suspicion
before they have even committed an offence.
They also warn that such software is often only as accurate as the information that is programmed in in the first place.
Pedro
Domingos, a professor of computer science at the University of
Washington, said: 'Can I predict that you're an axe murderer by looking
at your face and therefore should I arrest you?
'You can see how this would be controversial.'
Gilboa says the company will never make his classifiers that predict negative traits available to the public.
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