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Algorithms Can Make You Pretty
caffeinemessiah writes "The New York Times has an interesting story on a new algorithm by researchers from Tel Aviv University that modifies a facial picture of a person to conform to standards of attractiveness. Based on a digital library of pictures of people who have been judged 'attractive,' the algorithm finds the nearest match and modifies an input picture so it conforms to the 'attractive' person's proportions. The trick, however, is that the resultant pictures are still recognizable as the original person. Here's a quick link to a representative picture of the process. Note that this is a machine-learning approach to picture modification, not a characterization of beauty, and could just as easily be used to make a person less attractive." Note: As reader Trent Waddington points out, the underlying research was mentioned in an earlier story as well.
Picture into the machine
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I bet it crashes !
..how this would handle a goatse pic.
Now, which port on this computer do I stuff my wife in?
Modding Trolls +1 inciteful since 1999
The one on the right was hotter, so I guess it works.
I put my picture in and nothing changed.
"The government grants you rights, not the other way around."-- beav007. Yes, these people really exist...
Apparently you've never heard of the MySpace Angles.
"Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!"
Note that this is a machine-learning approach to picture modification, not a characterization of beauty, and could just as easily be used to make a person less attractive.
Pfft, obviously this thing hasn't had to chew on my picture. It'd be a damn good algorithm that could find it's way out of this local attractiveness minimum.
The enemies of Democracy are
From TFA: "Irregular beauty is the real beauty," said Dr. Banner, adding that such attempts to measure beauty are driven culturally by sameness, making everyone look alike.
I agree with Dr. Banner, and not just because I don't want to make him angry.
I smell a new plugin for Photoshop and Gimp!
So, like, anyone got a link for the download?
I am not sure about Hillary (you could've provided a link)
Hillary Clinton was a candidate in the U.S. Presidential election; here is some information about her and here is her website. She was also married to a former president of the U.S. Let me know if you need links or information about him too.
Yes it was duped but this new version is much better because it was fed through the algorithm. Good job slashdot!
She looks like she would be interested in shopping and hairstyles. The world would be very boring if everyone looked like that.
WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?!
It does much the same, but leaves the face alone and photoshops it onto an image taken from a fashion magazine.
It's still recognizable as the same person, but they look a lot better.
This technique is so powerful, that if you choose the right magazine (eg, Playboy, Hustler etc) that the test subjects don't even notice if you cut the original face out badly.
Three out of Four test subjects said "What Face" when asked about this irregularity and two left the test early with the new pictures, no doubt impressed by the quality of my algorythm.
GrpA
Enjoy science fiction? "Turing Evolved" - AI, Mecha, Androids and rail-gun battles. What more could you want?
"...could just as easily be used to make a person less attractive.
Obviously that's not needed around here.
Sig this!
Just gather massive amounts of wealth, and you're *always* attractive.
Except for the "gathering" part, it's so simple!
And that same someone apparently had mod points.
"Before and after of Alison Bruce. The software program is based on the responses of 68 men and women, age 25 to 40, from Israel and Germany, who viewed photographs of white male and female faces and picked the most attractive ones."
So a bunch of Germans and Jews got together and sorted through a bunch of people to determine which ones were better?
Wow. Just wow.
"Agreed, not all of us want our women to look like bobbleheaded dolls."
Performance, OTOH...
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
My favorite line:
"A few inches maybe"?! How big are these faces? Jesus Christ, a few inches and I'd be able to sniff my eyelids.
I have an algorithm to make women look prettier. It involves large quantities of alcohol.
So that explains why I am smitten with The Joker!
Cheers, Chris
I propose a contest, put goatse man and one of those women in a thunderdome, the winner is the one that leaves with the loser stuffed inside them
it's unsurprising to me that Viceroy Potatohead would have trouble differentiating pictures of people who've had their facial features moved around
Beauty by committee.
If one doesn't believe that our finding markers of (relative) fertility beautiful is due to evolutionary pressures, this might be... wait for it...
Intelligent Design by Comittee.
The research team tried to put a picture of yo mama trough the algorithm, but it core-dumped.
I find uniqueness to be very cute and sexy on women. Big noses and glasses in particular ;)
I prefer big glasses and cat ears. Nyaaaaaaa! =^_^=