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There is a future where AI can simply look up the DNA for any individual you specify and it can perfectly reconstruct what they look like, at any age.
You're joking, right? There's a reason genotype and phenotype aren't synonyms.
Forensic DNA phenotyping is actually being used. Of course it's not perfect, but it can give a direction.
Hadn't heard of this before but I'm more than a little skeptical, especially if its being used for policing
"More recently, companies such as Parabon NanoLabs and Identitas have begun offering forensic DNA phenotyping services for U.S. and international law enforcement. However, the science behind the commercial services offered by Parabon NanoLabs has been criticized as it has not been subjected to scrutiny in peer-reviewed scientific publications. It has been suggested that it is not known "whether their ability to estimate a face’s appearance is better than chance, or if it’s an approximation based on what we know about ancestry” -DNA phenotyping wiki
A very reasonable concern.