{"id":2015,"date":"2018-12-05T02:06:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T07:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2023-04-08T05:43:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T10:43:06","slug":"a-critical-examination-of-converus-inc-s-pseudoscientific-eyedetect-lie-detector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/05\/a-critical-examination-of-converus-inc-s-pseudoscientific-eyedetect-lie-detector\/","title":{"rendered":"A Critical Examination of Converus Inc.’s Pseudoscientific “EyeDetect” Lie Detector"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An EyeDetect station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In “An Eye-Scanning Lie Detector Is Forging a Dystopian Future,”<\/a> Wired<\/em> science writer Mark Harris investigates “EyeDetect,”<\/a> a new scientifically unproven lie detector being hawked as a replacement for the old scientifically unproven polygraph.<\/p>\n

Converus Inc.<\/a> of Lehi, Utah, which markets EyeDetect, claims without proof that it can detect lies with 86% accuracy. Mark Harris takes a critical look at this claim. Excerpt:<\/p>\n

Sitting in front <\/span>of a Converus EyeDetect station, it\u2019s impossible not to think of Blade Runner<\/em>. In the 1982 sci-fi classic, Harrison Ford\u2019s rumpled detective identifies artificial humans using a steam-punk Voight-Kampff device that watches their eyes while they answer surreal questions. EyeDetect\u2019s questions are less philosophical, and the penalty for failure is less fatal (Ford\u2019s character would whip out a gun and shoot). But the basic idea<\/a> is the same: By capturing imperceptible changes in a participant\u2019s eyes\u2014measuring things like pupil dilation and reaction time\u2014the device aims to sort deceptive humanoids from genuine ones.<\/p>\n

It claims to be, in short, a next-generation lie detector. Polygraph tests<\/a> are a $2 billion industry in the US and, despite their inaccuracy, are widely used to screen candidates for government jobs. Released in 2014 by Converus, a Mark Cuban\u2013funded startup, EyeDetect is pitched by its makers as a faster, cheaper, and more accurate alternative to the notoriously unreliable polygraph. By many measures, EyeDetect appears to be the future of lie detection\u2014and it\u2019s already being used by local and federal agencies to screen job applicants….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>, and if you missed it, be sure to also see Harris’ earlier article, “The Lie Generator: Inside the Black Mirror World of Polygraph Job Screenings.”<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In “An Eye-Scanning Lie Detector Is Forging a Dystopian Future,” Wired science writer Mark Harris investigates “EyeDetect,” a new scientifically unproven lie detector being hawked as a replacement for the old scientifically unproven polygraph. Converus Inc. of Lehi, Utah, which markets EyeDetect, claims without proof that it can detect lies with 86% accuracy. Mark Harris …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[604,230],"class_list":{"0":"post-2015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-other","7":"category-polygraph","8":"tag-converus","9":"tag-eyedetect","10":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4810,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions\/4810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}