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Beauty In The Eye Of The Android

rcswebb writes "According to this article at the BBC - Artificial intelligence experts in Fife (Scotland) have unveiled a robotic head which they say can scientifically determine how attractive women are to men."

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  1. Oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They've shoved the entire databse of hotornot.com into a robotic head?

  2. Beauty Recognition by mabster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmm ... I can see it now. You set up a camera in a busy hall, and have it beep you at the appropriate time. Without even having to look at a monitor, you could know *exactly* when to 'accidentally' step out into the path of that hot chick.
    You just better hope the software is properly trained, or else you might step out into the path of Tito the body-building delivery guy.

  3. How it works by PD · · Score: 2, Funny

    start with a score of 0;
    if eyes detect a mouth, score ++;
    if ears do not detect a voice, score ++;
    if nose does not detect a smell, score ++;
    if score == 3, return ATTRACTIVE;
    bags = 3 - score;
    return bags;

  4. The potential .. by reyalsnogard · · Score: 5, Funny

    from the article:
    The artificial intelligence firm received its first prototype of the robot, nicknamed Doki, last week and is now mass producing the android.

    Initially it could be used as a receptionist-style greeting device.


    imagination: "Good morning. I find your facial features androgynous but, regardless, rate you a six. Thank you, and have a nice day."

    imagination2: "Would you like some coffee while I rate your sex appeal?"

    imagination3: "For a better rating, sit on my face .."

  5. Great timesaver technology! by emcron · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now slashdotters can immediately determine that the woman they are drooling over will shoot them down!

    Think of the time that can be saved to put back into computers and doritos!

  6. Not difficult by ObviousGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    You just need to know the input parameters.

    Attractiveness = (Attractiveness Constant) * Alcohol consumed by the man / Amount of clothing on the women

    Like G, the value of the Attractiveness Constant is elusive.

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    I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.
  7. Inquiry by reyalsnogard · · Score: 3, Funny

    To be either malicious during AI training, or inquisitive of its effectiveness, I wonder what these AI constructs would do if presented images/likenesses of Julia Sweeney from "It's Pat!"

    Things that make you go 'hmmm..'

  8. Hmmm... by espresso_now · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would ask what my chances are, but then I already know the answer.

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    Of course, and I highly suspect it, I may be talking out of my ass. -oqti
  9. With this unique scale... by therealmoose · · Score: 4, Funny

    it judges women's appeal on a scale of A, B, C, or D. It is apparently based upon the "CUP" system, must be some acronym.

  10. Designed By... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    An army of geeks who couldn't get laid even if they wanted to.

  11. Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these! It'd be like a robotic fraternity at a college bar!

  12. wrong body part? by ClosedSource · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't think the brain has a lot to do with it.

  13. Re:In a general sense, maybe by Bastian · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know there's a retort relating this comment to the penis size debate somewhere in here.

    I'm not touching it, though.

  14. A Blessing! by TrebleJunkie · · Score: 4, Funny

    When this technology can be shrunk down and put in a wrist watch, it will be the drunk man's best friend.

    No more waking up next to Bo Diddly.

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    Ed R.Zahurak

    You know, oblivion keeps looking better every day.

  15. C'mon Guys! Be Serious! by Madcapjack · · Score: 2, Funny
    C'mon guys, can't you take this seriously and have an intelligent discussion about this? I for one think this technology will be a boon to the blind.

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