Facial recognition technology can expose political orientation from naturalistic facial images


High predictability of political orientation from facial images implies that there are significant differences between the facial images of conservatives and liberals.


Facial recognition algorithm able to correctly classify liberals and conservatives 72% of the time in a sample of over 1 million, retaining 69% accuracy after controls for age, sex & ethnicity. Physiognomy vindicated?

In other words, a single facial image reveals more about a person’s political orientation than their responses to a fairly long personality questionnaire, including many items ostensibly related to political orientation (e.g., “I treat all people equally”.


Article in Nature Magazine

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