Computers With Opinions On Visual Aesthetics

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 14, 2009 @10:21PM from the artificial-fastidiousness dept.

photoenthusiast writes "Penn State researchers launched a new online photo-rating system, code named Acquine (Aesthetic Quality Inference Engine), for automatically determining the aesthetic value of a photo. Users can upload their own photographs for an instant Acquine rating, a score from zero to 100. The system learns to associate extracted visual characteristics with the way humans rate photos based on a lot of previously-rated photographs. It is designed for color natural photographic pictures. Technical publications reveal how Acquine works."

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Re:Matter of opinion? by Guano_Jim · 2009-05-14 22:53 · Score: 4, Informative

Just in case anyone asks, here's the computer rating for goatse, emphasis mine:
Machine Prediction of Aesthetic Value
Score predicted by Acquine: 19.4/100 rated as below average
Looking at that image a

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