VICE's video: Catching Pedophiles Using AI Super Users

Sue Black has dedicated her life to catching child sex abusers. The crime itself is unusual, as perpetrators will often record themselves in the act. Generally, they don't show their faces, but sometimes abusers' hands are visible. And, as it turns out, vein patterns in people's hands and forearms are pretty unique. Through a project called H-Unique, Sue and her team at Lancaster University are asking the public to send photos of their hands. With the public's help, they want to enable AI to catch child sex abusers across the world in a fraction of the time it takes right now. In the fight against some of the world’s most horrendous crimes Sue explains that although DNA has often been the gold standard, hands may hold the key to catching sex abusers. In our series Super Users, VICE World News explores the latest technology being used to fight crime, trafficking, climate change and social injustice. To make a H-unique contribution, visit their website here: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/security-lancaster/research/h-unique/ Watch more from this series: I Hunt Down Internet Trolls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Pfkr-TZSk “I Left Anonymous. Now I'm Back” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEA0sglO5A The Man Unmasking Deepfake Videos https://youtu.be/jb5OwKH-kHg Click here to subscribe to VICE: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: http://bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vice The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: https://www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: https://www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: https://www.youtube.com/VICENews VICELAND: https://www.youtube.com/VICELANDTV Broadly: https://www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: https://www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: https://www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: https://www.youtube.com/NOC i-D: http://www.youtube.com/iDmagazine Waypoint: https://www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE