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The privacy impact of this is immense, as if you can imagine doing ML training on millions of mugshots to create a model for scanning people's eyes, we've now got super-fancy phrenology. Who needs morality when you have biostatistical markers. It's conceivable we could probably do the same with gait and voice analysis for other issues as well.
Eyes are brain
It's a bit of an oversimplification, but it's not too far off the mark. Human vision is pretty poor in terms of resolution and distance. But if you stop and think about it, it's incredible that we see as well as we do, or even at all! Proper vision requires a huge amount of brain real estate. The coordination of muscles involved in movements is incredibly complex. The eyeball is so special that it's got immune privil…
This is just personal, but once I had to help my aunt during an extreme bipolar episode. She was violent, paranoid, and hallucinating. One of the most haunting things from that time was her eyes. They seemed hard and staring. When she looked at you, it didn’t feel like it was her in there. Her eyes weren’t shiny and expressive like normal. There was just something frantic and non human in them. Maybe it was just the…
Was in a trapped situation. Not allowed to leave; flashback to childhood assault.
Started seeing seeing things in effort to get away. Was not really seeing anyone trying to talk to me.
0/10 would not recommend. Also if a person wants to leave a situation, for the love anything, let them.
The privacy impact of this is immense, as if you can imagine doing ML training on millions of mugshots to create a model for scanning people's eyes, we've now got super-fancy phrenology. Who needs morality when you have biostatistical markers. It's conceivable we could probably do the same with gait and voice analysis for other issues as well.
Drug use would possibly be a confounder when doing that, unless use of certain drugs is one of the attributes you're looking for.
When I saw the title I thought of people I know who have “crazy eyes” (as I’ve heard it called). I can’t even define what it is, but know it when I see it, and often that person seems off somehow. I’ve been trying to decide for a while if it’s real or some sort of confirmation bias after I know them better.
I had the exact same thought. I think these "crazy eyes" come from a predisposition to view other people (e.g. other skin colors, genders, or just other humans) as a threat. It's always that fixed stare, unblinking face, and enlarged pupils. It almost is like right before one's cat decides to launch a sneak attack on your leg as your round the corner, but usually more dangerous (either physically or emotionally).
There is usually a building up period, like your cat stalking analogy.
If your hyper alert to signs, you can often stop it before it gets serious. Of course then your on edge constantly for signs.
I'm not implying by any means that gender or sexual expression is a mental-health condition - but i've always thought my 'gaydar' pings with certain eyes, specifically male eyes with longer more 'feminine' lashes. probably confirmation bias but I've wondered if others have noticed this
Not to take away from some of these comments, but the article does not mention anything about casual observation of the eyes signalling mental health issues. The article is highlighting research on diagnosing disorders of the brain using ophthalmological methods (e.g. optical coherence tomography to measure retinal thickness, electroretinography to measure electrical signaling in rods and cones, and angiography to as…
A lot of crazy people that 've met have wide open Eye like if they are always surprised. But i think it's more the medication than a condition. Or it could be a biais.