{"id":1505,"date":"2020-01-07T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2020-01-07T16:00:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:00:12","slug":"airbnb-claims-its-ai-can-predict-whether-guests-are-psychopaths-slashdot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/?p=1505","title":{"rendered":"Airbnb Claims Its AI Can Predict Whether Guests Are Psychopaths &#8211; Slashdot"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>To protect its hosts, Airbnb is now using an AI-powered tool to scan the internet for clues that a guest might not be a reliable customer. According to patent documents reviewed by the Evening Standard, the tool takes into account everything from a user&#8217;s criminal record to their social media posts to rate their likelihood of exhibiting &#8220;untrustworthy&#8221; traits &#8212; including narcissism, Machiavellianism, and even psychopathy. The background check tool is the work of Trooly, a startup Airbnb acquired in 2017. When the Evening Standard asked Airbnb to comment on the extent to which it uses Trooly&#8217;s tool, it declined. However, Airbnb&#8217;s website does note the company&#8217;s use of AI to rate potential guests: &#8220;Every Airbnb reservation is scored for risk before it&#8217;s confirmed. We use predictive analytics and machine learning to instantly evaluate hundreds of signals that help us flag and investigate suspicious activity before it happens.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/yro.slashdot.org\/story\/20\/01\/06\/2256254\/airbnb-claims-its-ai-can-predict-whether-guests-are-psychopaths\">Airbnb Claims Its AI Can Predict Whether Guests Are Psychopaths &#8211; Slashdot<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To protect its hosts, Airbnb is now using an AI-powered tool to scan the internet for clues that a guest might not be a reliable customer. According to patent documents reviewed by the Evening Standard, the tool takes into account everything from a user&#8217;s criminal record to their social media posts to rate their likelihood [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,23,45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1506,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions\/1506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}