Calling the EUs new border control AI a lie detector is like calling Brexit a minor disagreement among friends.
CNN broke the story last week inits articlePassengers to face AI lie detector tests at EU airports.
Once someone is labeled a liar, human agents are summoned to investigate further.
Youre wrong either way.
For example, if youre thinking we could just have it ask everyone are you a terrorist?
Dont worry, thats a common mistake.
A polygraph, for example, isallegedto have between a 75 and 90 percent accuracy rating.
It doesnt detect lies, it detects the subtle cues associated with lying.
Just like this, AI doesnt detect lies either.
It detects biometric indicators associated with lying at around 76 percent success,allegedly.
Mostly, anyway: it goes far beyond just hassling foreigners at airports.
The lie detector, is just the tip of the iceberg.
The EUs new airport project isnt called operation lie detector.
And lie detection is just a portion of what it does.
The asterix is from the iBorderCtrl website, TNW didnt add that.
The project has adopted this technology and is well aware about the controversy around it.
Basically the project acknowledges, but doesnt care about, controversy surrounding the use of AI for lie detection.
The rest of the explanation for ADDS is full of the old non-verbal cues argument.
As such, shame on any government for considering it at this point.
But ADDS is the silly unimportant part of iBorderCTRL.
Its the fake monster distracting you from the cold, calculated data collection thats really occurring.
Meanwhile, if I can paraphrase The Ragin Cajun: Its the data, stupid.
In reality, the rest of the iBorderCtrl suite is whats scary.
ADDS is much like the personality profile that Cambridge Analytica used to convince people to give up their data.
After all, why wouldnt you agree to take a lie detector if you have nothing to hide?
The answer is that you have plenty to hide, whether youre lying or not.
Heres what else iBorderCtrldoes:
Lets grab the last one for examination real quick.
Searches for hidden humans?
This, according to the projects literature, does look for people hiding.
Still, its part of the airport lie detector youre hearing so much about.
iBorderCtrl didnt immediately return TNWs request for comment.
