An Eye-Scanning Lie Detector Is Forging a Dystopian Future

[DamianTV]

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/18/1...stopian-future

Sitting in front of a Converus EyeDetect station, it's impossible not to think of Blade Runner. In the 1982 sci-fi classic, Harrison Ford's rumpled detective identifies artificial humans using a steam-punk Voight-Kampff device that watches their eyes while they answer surreal questions. EyeDetect's questions are less philosophical, and the penalty for failure is less fatal (Ford's character would whip out a gun and shoot). But the basic idea is the same: By capturing imperceptible changes in a participant's eyes -- measuring things like pupil dilation and reaction time -- the device aims to sort deceptive humanoids from genuine ones.

It claims to be, in short, a next-generation lie detector. Polygraph tests are a $2 billion industry in the US and, despite their inaccuracy, are widely used to screen candidates for government jobs. Released in 2014 by Converus, a Mark Cuban-funded startup, EyeDetect is pitched by its makers as a faster, cheaper, and more accurate alternative to the notoriously unreliable polygraph. By many measures, EyeDetect appears to be the future of lie detection -- and it's already being used by local and federal agencies to screen job applicants.

Yet, there are still so many people that constantly call me "paranoid". How can I be if their goal is truly Enslavement of Humanity? They know it damn good and well. I doubt there are really very few in the know that are deluding themselves.

What do you think? Would you just passively let them $#@!ing microchip you? How about we microchip the $#@!ing politicians and start putting tabs on them? Oh, now why wouldnt they want that if its okay for us?

[timosman]

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/18/1...stopian-future



Yet, there are still so many people that constantly call me "paranoid". How can I be if their goal is truly Enslavement of Humanity? They know it damn good and well. I doubt there are really very few in the know that are deluding themselves.

What do you think? Would you just passively let them $#@!ing microchip you? How about we microchip the $#@!ing politicians and start putting tabs on them? Oh, now why wouldnt they want that if its okay for us?

You are truly being paranoid. It is all about empathy and culture fit. Something you might not be familiar with.

[DamianTV]

You are truly being paranoid. It is all about empathy and culture fit. Something you might not be familiar with.

Im glad someone here understands what Sarcasm is!

Thing is, the people that get rid of thousands of workers so they can afford another yacht are incapable of empathy. Then turn back around and Gayify everything as a form of Population Control, and sleep like babies! Perhaps we should invest in Pacifiers?

[Schifference]

The only lies that matter are your lies. Their lies definitely do not matter.

[Occam's Banana]

Harrison Ford's rumpled detective identifies artificial humans using a steam-punk Voight-Kampff device that watches their eyes while they answer surreal questions. EyeDetect's questions are less philosophical, and the penalty for failure is less fatal (Ford's character would whip out a gun and shoot).

Actually, he wouldn't. (That was sort of the whole point of the story ...)

[Aratus]

it sorta helps along the dystopian one we already live in... (alarmist header)

[DamianTV]

it sorta helps along the dystopian one we already live in... (alarmist header)

True, we are already there. Life expectancy for the US continues to drop. I am suspicious that the plan is partly Population Replacement, and a "Soft Kill" by letting whitey starve to death. If no guns are used, then they arent at fault, right?

[TheTexan]

If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear, citizen.