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Are 625 Pixels Enough To Identify Sex?
mikejuk writes "A Spanish research team have patented a video camera and algorithm that can tell the difference between males and females based on just a 25x25 pixel image. This means that there is enough information in such low resolution images to do the job! They also demonstrate that an old AI method, linear discriminant analysis, is as good and sometimes better than more trendy methods such as Support Vector Machines..."
...on what it's an image OF.
Am I the only person imagining genitalia icons?
What'dya mean there's no BLINK tag!?
"The also demonstrates that an old AI method, linear discriminant analysis, and demonstrates that it is as good and sometimes better than more trendy mehods such as Support Vector Machines"
I think the summary accidentally forgot the
Works on a 25x25 pixel image*
(* Pixels need to be a shade of pink)
CSI can do it with only ONE pixel!
Chaos maximizes locally around me.
Here you go:
Male: |
Female: O
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(xkcd ftw again!)
My first Journal Entry ever, in 8 years! http://slashdot.org/journal/365947/aphelion-scifi-fantasy-horror-poetry-webzine
...so can anybody from the old BBS days.
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