Entering dystopia: Should your face be the key to your fate?

• Main Authors: MADAN, Shilpa, SAVANI, Krishna, JOHAR, Gita V.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: facial profiling; lay beliefs; artificial intelligence; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Organization Development
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7378; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8377/viewcontent/Entering_Dystopia__Should_Your_Face_Be_the_Key_to_Your_Fate____SPSP.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

How would you feel if you were rejected from a job because you didn't look competent enough? Or if you were apprehended at a public place by the police because you looked like a criminal? Although these scenes sound dystopic and generate a sense of fear and anxiety, technology that claims that people's traits can be inferred from their faces already exists and is being used by businesses and governments worldwide.