alt Hacker NewsI feel like the primary use case for such a technology is manipulating and profiling people over video chat, maybe even autonomously. Hiring managers, HR, landlords, and police are obvious customers.
The response I anticipate will be "But this will help doctors over telehealth and stuff!" - Please see https://calebhearth.com/dont-get-distracted
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metalcrow • today at 2:38 AM
Can you explain how https://calebhearth.com/dont-get-distracted applies to the potential response you described? I don't get it.
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This tech (detecting pulse from regular video) has been around almost 20 years now, and this doesn't seemed to have happened yet.
You see this type of thing in spy movies, but I'm not sure it's that useful in real life. You're basically taking one piece of data a polygraph uses, but without the most important component (skin conductance). Polygraph accuracy isn't that great to begin with. You can profile and manipulate people more effectively based on their reactions and behaviour, and their pulse will be much harder to interpret.