(364) Saju: Human destiny and facial recognition technology

By Janet Shin

Can face-reading artificial intelligence read human fate better than traditional face-readers and replace the role of fortunetellers?

Many recent articles are reporting about the advances in artificial intelligence (AI). AI has been developed so that it can work out all aspects of a person’s attitude and movement and tell his future by analyzing an abundant database.

Among several types of fortunetelling, AI seems to have acquired a certain competency in recognizing faces and other behavioral and intellectual inclinations.

For those who are to invest lots of their effort and time in studying face-reading, I honestly advise them not to dig too much. I appreciate some physiognomists who have devoted themselves to studying it by reading classics, teaching students and practicing it.

However those who just started studying must understand there are many other smarter ways we may get to know about people by utilizing modern intellectual or psychological technologies.

I know many professional fortunetellers who practice both face and saju reading. I do both as well and it is indeed adjuvant. Saju reading is logical owing to its rationale foundation while face reading is intuitive as it uses our sensory organs to evaluate the appearance of objects.

By applying both the conception and intuition, one may come across more lucid judgment, although fortunetelling is fundamentally unrealistic. If a fortuneteller is capable to interpret not only saju composition but also facial impression, it would make a far-sighted prognosis.

I am positive that AI will provide in-depth information in terms of fortunetelling once substantive research and developments are made. It has already made credible achievement in recognizing the general condition of objects.

I am waiting in anticipation for its contribution to saju readings. I expect that process of development won’t take long as we have seen its achievement so far.

There is one thing that I am still skeptical about. Saju is conceptual and rational as stated above. And it is subjective and dogmatic at the same time so it may yield different readings according to the expertise of individual fortunetellers.

Current online readings such as internet saju reading or tojeongbigyeol which we may easily find by just keying in our birth records are not reliable at all. I am hoping for any kind of serious investment that would explore this mysterious field expertly and yield an interesting outcome to read human destiny.