An AI Lie Detector Is Going to Start Questioning Travelers in the EU

Re:An AI Lie Detector Is Going to Start Questioning Traveler... by Canada on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:06AM (#18353135)

What can they do? Strap you in front of it like it’s clockwork orange? You can refuse to respond to it. Cover your face with your hand and say “operator operator operator” or some other nonsense. Say it’s creepy or ridiculous to talk to such a thing. They will let you go.

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Re:An AI Lie Detector Is Going to Start Questioning Traveler... by kranner on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:46AM (#18353358)

If it's mandatory if you want to enter the EU (as a non-citizen), I'd guess they would deny you entry.

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Re:An AI Lie Detector Is Going to Start Questioning Traveler... by travelbuffoon on Thursday November 01, 2018 @12:04PM (#18355330)

Nope. It's for customs, not immigration. You're already in the country, they just need to figure out whether they need to search your bags for contraband.

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Re:An AI Lie Detector Is Going to Start Questioning Traveler... by stale2002 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @12:24PM (#18355584)

So then if you refuse to answer they will just search your bags.

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Re:An AI Lie Detector Is Going to Start Questioning Traveler... by toweringgoat on Thursday November 01, 2018 @02:26PM (#18356905)

Customs agents are supposed to do that. How else do you think smuggling gets stopped? It's pretty much universal that your belongings can be searched (then there are some countries expand that to searching digital data, but that's a bit of a perversion).

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Re:An AI Lie Detector Is Going to Start Questioning Traveler... by stale2002 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:31PM (#18357571)

This is being used by literal customs agents.

That's the point. If you refuse then they do a thorough search.

If you answer suspiciously, or refuse to answer, then you get the full search.

This is similar to how you can refuse body scans at the airport, but if you do then you get the full pat down search.

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Re:An AI Lie Detector Is Going to Start Questioning Traveler... by stale2002 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @12:26PM (#18355615)

The purpose of the process is to decide whether they need to search your bags for contraband.

If you act very weirdly, like you are suggesting, then they will just make the decision to definitely search your bags.

Targeting people who act weirdly is kinda the entire point, though.

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