Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
7 followers · 15198 posts · Server dromedary.seedoubleyou.meTheOnion: Most Popular College Major By State https://www.theonion.com/most-popular-college-major-by-state-1850739757 #biologicalanthropology #scientificracism #pseudoscience #criminology #physiognomy #phrenology #psychology #education
#biologicalanthropology #scientificracism #pseudoscience #criminology #physiognomy #phrenology #psychology #education
Eric Bednarz · @generic
65 followers · 120 posts · Server ruhr.socialIt’s so cool how #phrenology has made a slow motion comeback under the #AI moniker.
· @bobcromwell
89 followers · 1922 posts · Server dobbs.town
Research Network Digi-Oek.ch · @DigiOekCH
14 followers · 103 posts · Server social.tchncs.dePaper Prof #Solove, #Matsumi:
The #Prediction Society: #Algorithms and the Problems of #Forecasting the #Future
"The higher the stakes of decisions on people’s lives, the more rigorously #algorithmic predictions must be scrutinized."
"... #phrenology ... recognized as a pseudo-science, similar claims are resurfacing ... Harrisburg University claimed ... #facialrecognition software capable of predicting whether someone is likely going to be a #criminal."
#solove #matsumi #prediction #algorithms #forecasting #future #algorithmic #phrenology #facialrecognition #criminal #predictive
Queer Satanic · @QueerSatanic
2154 followers · 4382 posts · Server kolektiva.socialwe’re really going to have #facialRecognition technology become widespread for the public at the same time #phrenology / #physiognomy bros control all the data huh
#facialrecognition #phrenology #physiognomy
stuart yeates · @stuartyeates
202 followers · 45 posts · Server cloudisland.nzWhat phrenology is to our bodies, generative AI is to our creativity.
#phrenology #GenerativeArt #pseudoscience #science #racism
redhero :taito: · @redhero
104 followers · 1811 posts · Server famichiki.jpMeasured my head and it’s bigger than I expected.
#hats #hatting #japan #phrenology
Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
40087 followers · 37939 posts · Server mamot.fr
The ultra-#cringe digital #phrenology back-and-forth between Rep #BuddyCarter and #TikTok's #ShouChew:
https://doctorow.medium.com/how-to-make-a-child-safe-tiktok-be08fbf94b0d
#cringe #phrenology #buddycarter #tiktok #shouchew #pupillarydilation
Podcasts and Vodcasts · @podcastbot
1 followers · 536 posts · Server botsin.space
Skeptoid #67: Do Your Body Features Measure Up? by Brian Dunning #phrenology #physiognomy #palmistry #iridology #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot An examination of phrenology, physiognomy, palmistry, and iridology.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4067
#phrenology #physiognomy #palmistry #iridology #skeptoidpodcast #podcast #bot
Bob the Traveler · @bobthetraveler
415 followers · 13149 posts · Server mastodon.world
German neuroanatomist physiologist Franz Joseph Gall, born OTD in 1758, was a pioneer in the localization of mental functions in the brain, although his work was largely the pseudoscience of #phrenology https://toilet-guru.com/cholera-pump.html?s=mb #medicine #PublicHealth
#phrenology #medicine #publichealth
Nicolas Kayser-Bril · @algowatching
906 followers · 236 posts · Server social.nkb.frApparently, some (presumably rich white dudes) are planning "machine listening systems that [claim to] predict the emotional state of a speaker in real time, estimate the likelihood of a speaker defaulting on a loan, forecast how well a speaker would fit in with a certain team, and even match potential dates by analyzing the voice."
From:
Kang, E. B. (2023). Ground truth tracings (GTT): On the epistemic limits of machine learning. Big Data & Society, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517221146122
Michael, Twitter’s @twcau · @twcau
127 followers · 647 posts · Server mastodon.social
More corporate #Phrenology and #JunkScience, with ProPublica reporting on a police chief promoting their own product - that falsely claimed to determine if callers to emergency services were guilty of the crimes they were reporting. 😳
https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-fbi-police-courts
Paul S Jenkins · @pictacule
20 followers · 66 posts · Server mastodon.worldPics from a week ago: Dr James Williams gave an excellent talk for @hantsskep about Alfred Russel Wallace.
#AlfredRusselWallace #evolution #Darwin #spiritualism #phrenology #OriginOfSpecies #biology
#AlfredRusselWallace #evolution #darwin #spiritualism #phrenology #originofspecies #biology
Sergey Lagodinsky · @SLagodinsky
25 followers · 587 posts · Server respublicae.eu
The #AIAct needs to set standards not only in the EU but beyond, foremost high moral standards to ban harmful and discriminatory tech like #emotionrecognition, #biometricsurveillance and ideas on #phrenology pseudoscience. Join today‘s discussion 👇
RT @OpenForumEurope: Register now for our event: #AIAct one of the most complex pieces of legislation recently arrived at the Parliament
📅 Tue 25 Oct, 5-7 pm, at OFE office in Brussels
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🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/SLagodinsky/status/1584825295848161280
#AIAct #EmotionRecognition #BiometricSurveillance #phrenology