{"id":18305,"date":"2017-11-24T12:26:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T11:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.igmanagement.it\/?p=18305"},"modified":"2023-06-27T10:41:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T08:41:49","slug":"the-kiosk-that-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-detect-liars-at-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.igmanagement.it\/en\/2017\/11\/24\/the-kiosk-that-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-detect-liars-at-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"The kiosk that uses artificial intelligence to detect liars at airports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Translation of Wanda Thibodeaux’s article “This Artificial Intelligence Kiosk Is Designed to Spot Liars at Airports<\/a> <\/em>” edited by www.inc.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexa<\/a>, cars that drive themselves<\/a>, candidate selection processes<\/a>. Artificial intelligence is fast becoming the norm in the business world. But it could also begin to play far more important roles in security, helping law enforcement and other security services detect malicious intruders. As Fredrick Kunkle of The Washington Post<\/em><\/a> reports, there is now an artificial intelligence kiosk designed to detect whether travellers are in ‘unnatural agitation’ and potentially lying.<\/p>\n

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AVATAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Designed by Aaron Elkins, professor at the Fowler College of Business Administration at San Diego State University, the new digital lie detector is called Automated Virtual Agent for Truth Assessments in Real Time, or AVATAR for short.<\/p>\n

Once the ID or passport is scanned, the kiosk proceeds to subject the passenger to a very long series of questions. The questions cover common elements of everyday life or biographical information (when you were born, what your name is, your favourite food) as well as questions that could probe the person’s credibility (e.g. describe what you did today). Here is an example video:<\/p>\n