Model trained on 40M faces predicts cancer survival from a selfie, stirring debate
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-10-27
Mass General Brigham researchers built a model trained on 40 million faces that estimates biological age and cancer survival odds from a single photo. The forwarder adds a conspiratorial spin, but the underlying research is substantive — facial biological age as a health/prognosis marker — and it has triggered ethical debate over surveillance and misuse of face-based prediction.
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