According to Paul Lewis, “Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie who says the company tried to replicate Kosinski’s work for ‘psychological warfare’.” On July 14, 2017, Russian leaders flew Michal Kosinski to Moscow to meet “Russian prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, and several members of his cabinet…There was Lavrov, in the first row. You know, a guy who starts wars and takes over countries.” Kosinski presented them his “groundbreaking research into technology, mass persuasion and artificial intelligence (AI) — research that inspired the creation of the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.” Paul Lewis notes that “[w]eeks after his trip to Moscow, Kosinski published a controversial paper in which he showed how face-analysing algorithms could distinguish between photographs of gay and straight people. As well as sexuality, he believes this technology could be used to detect emotions, IQ and even a predisposition to commit certain crimes. ” Many are referring to this as scientific racism using AI.
I am not a science fiction (sci-fi) devotee, but I will watch a good sci-fi blockbuster. I have written articles about religious symbolism in science fiction movies like: Avatar, Star Wars, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter. Lately, disappointed with movie options on my cable television despite over 600 channels, I have been frequenting the…
