When data and AI "studies" go awry
In doing the research for this book, it became clearly evident that there is a fine line that must be walked between providing some insights into the particulars of AI/ML applications and the potential nefarious use cases. The aim of doing research is never to "teach" anyone how to do something that is potentially malevolent, but there is a necessity for the researcher to provide real-world instances and use cases around these items that help to solidify the collective understanding of those that seek this type of information. And in that spirit of sharing the information and adding clarity to this space, I present the following points of research. Please know that the researcher finds even the basis for the study that follows abhorrent and thinks that even the consideration of such a study as being perverse and wrong.
Our brain is an exceptional reader of the human face. In most cases, our ability to determine a wide variety...