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Algorithms Determine Mona Lisa's True Emotions

Posted by Zonk on from the better-than-ticked-off dept.

caffeinemessiah writes "The BBC reports that researchers at UIUC and the University of Amsterdam, Holland have used "emotion recognition" software to determine Mona Lisa's true emotions. The algorithm is based on a library of neutral face images of young women and determined that Mona Lisa was 83% happy and 9% disgusted." From the article: "The program, developed with researchers at the University of Illinois, US, draws on a database of young female faces to derive an average 'neutral' expression. The software uses this average expression as the standard for comparisons. The New Scientist says that software capable of recognising emotions just by looking at photographs could lead to PCs that adjust their response depending on the user's mood. "

7 of 349 comments (clear)

  1. Clippy 2008 by TomSawyer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clippy: Ok man, I was just saying... I should really just go, sorry.

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    If you disagree then it must be overrated, redundant or trolling.
  2. So... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    She did have gas.

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  3. I don't buy it by gusmao · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mona Lisa is a woman, how can any software possibly tell what she is really thinking?

  4. translated into "emoticon recognition" by sczimme · · Score: 5, Funny


    83% happy

    .83(:-))

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  5. A programming problem by Myrmidon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay, here are my questions for the Slashdot community:

    1) You're writing some code. You call the User Emotional Analysis API, and it reports back that your user is currently "83% happy and 9% disgusted". How should your software "adjust its response" in reaction to this information?

    2) What happy/disgusted ratio leads to maximum productivity?

    3) What are the odds that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of a Perl programmer?

  6. And the ??? stands for: by ziggamon2.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    (this is actually the first time I play this game, let me know how I'm doing!)

    3a. Patent algorithm.
    3b. Sue everybody that looks 83% happy or 9% disgusted

  7. YES! by evil-osm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hope this helps anyone who wants to learn more about the actual process used to accomplish this recognition.

    You can bet your purple pants it does!! I can finally put an end this this scenario:

    Wife: "no, there's nothing wrong, I'm not mad at you"
    muhahahaha.... thats when I take the polariod and get a snapshot
    Me: "Yeah right, we'll just see about that!"

    Two weeks later the divorce goes through and my ass is on the curb.

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