Maybe but there is more to the outcome than just genes. Certain ones can be activated of deactivated and that can be done by epigentics for example. Gene expression is a thing.
The AI would need way more information that just DNA to generate an image of the person.
No, they couldn’t, that’s what’s being said. If you have a huge state machine with billions of parameters, toggling a different subset can yield wildly different results.
Hadn’t heard of this before but I’m more than a little skeptical, especially if its being used for policing
"More recently, companies such as Parabon NanoLabs and Identitas have begun offering forensic DNA phenotyping services for U.S. and international law enforcement. However, the science behind the commercial services offered by Parabon NanoLabs has been criticized as it has not been subjected to scrutiny in peer-reviewed scientific publications. It has been suggested that it is not known "whether their ability to estimate a face’s appearance is better than chance, or if it’s an approximation based on what we know about ancestry” -DNA phenotyping wiki
You’re joking, right? There’s a reason genotype and phenotype aren’t synonyms.
There’s also a reason identical twins look alike.
Wow, Jack and Ross look so alike! How did he get his arm back, isn’t that after the accident?
Don’t know why you’re being downvoted, it’s a good point that shows that genetics is the main factor for your appearance
Maybe but there is more to the outcome than just genes. Certain ones can be activated of deactivated and that can be done by epigentics for example. Gene expression is a thing.
The AI would need way more information that just DNA to generate an image of the person.
But they could probably get 90% the way there with just DNA. I think that was the point.
No, they couldn’t, that’s what’s being said. If you have a huge state machine with billions of parameters, toggling a different subset can yield wildly different results.
They said “perfectly”, not “90%”. You’re trying to move the goalposts.
Identical twins also share the same womb, so it’s not 100% genes.
Same womb, similar growing environment, etc.
But even then, they’re not perfectly identical. Very similar, but not the exact same.
I don’t think root comment was saying the AI would generate perfectly accurate images. I think 90% accuracy is doable, just from DNA
If you’re just talking about a strand of DNA with no epigenetic info I think 90% is being very optimistic.
Forensic DNA phenotyping is actually being used. Of course it’s not perfect, but it can give a direction.
Hadn’t heard of this before but I’m more than a little skeptical, especially if its being used for policing
"More recently, companies such as Parabon NanoLabs and Identitas have begun offering forensic DNA phenotyping services for U.S. and international law enforcement. However, the science behind the commercial services offered by Parabon NanoLabs has been criticized as it has not been subjected to scrutiny in peer-reviewed scientific publications. It has been suggested that it is not known "whether their ability to estimate a face’s appearance is better than chance, or if it’s an approximation based on what we know about ancestry” -DNA phenotyping wiki