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POSTED BY: ANTHONYT
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 13:31
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:58 PM

ANTHONYT

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http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/22/this-london-advertisement-kn
ows-your-gender/?hpt=hp_bn6


Hello,

I think it's creepy. And too much like Minority Report.

ETA: Which is actually referenced in the article.

--Anthony



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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:31 PM

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Hah. Wouldn't know mine.

Which, actually, if you think about it, is the bigger concern. The problem with this technology isn't that it's so accurate, it's that it has so many false positives.


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