don Luca Peyron <dluca.universitari@gmail.com> writes:

Lombroso ieri ed oggi,

Buona lettura e buona domenica

https://aeon.co/ideas/algorithms-associating-appearance-and-criminality-have...

Grazie don Luca! Credo che questo sia uno dei migliori articoli sul tema che ho letto negli ultimi due anni. Illustra in modo preciso, chiaro e incontrovertibile come dare forma algoritmica a una teoria pseudoscientifica NON serva a far diventare scientifica tale teoria ma solo a rendere RIDICOLO l'algoritmo, anche se purtroppo in molti lo prendono sul serio. Mio personalissimo executive-summary (verbatim): --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- The problem with reinventing physiognomy is not merely that it has been tried without success before. Researchers who persist in looking for cold fusion after the scientific consensus has moved on also face criticism for chasing unicorns – but disapproval of cold fusion falls far short of opprobrium. At worst, they are seen as wasting their time. The difference is that the potential harms of cold fusion research are much more limited. In contrast, some commentators argue that facial recognition should be regulated as tightly as plutonium, because it has so few nonharmful uses. When the dead-end project you want to resurrect was invented for the purpose of propping up colonial and class structures – and when the only thing it’s capable of measuring is the racism inherent in those structures – it’s hard to justify trying it one more time, just for curiosity’s sake. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- L'algoritmo è nudo :-) [...] Cordiali slauti, Giovanni -- Giovanni Biscuolo