“However, Kosinski tells The Economist, the research is not intended to be used to profile or “out” homosexual men and women. Rather, it is designed to demonstrate—or even warn—that technological advances can be used for such means, and could pose a threat to our privacy as information is so much more easily accessible digitally.“
criticism of this study aside how are you gonna invent technology literally centered around identifying gays and then say you only did it as a warning to show people you can lmfao. like “hey guys, technology is advancing to the point that we can invasively out people and that’s bad. i know this because i built it myself”