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Can a Computer Identify Your Urban Tribe?

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-are-what-you-click dept.

Zothecula writes "Whether it's fashion, a favorite football team, or a certain kind of music, humans seem to enjoy being considered part of a larger group, and often self-identify as such. With this in mind, students from the University of California, San Diego Jacobs school of Engineering are currently developing a computer algorithm that can deduce from an image whether you're a goth, surfer, hipster, or biker."

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  1. Your Personalized Result Here: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Urban Tribe: Neckbeard

  2. This just in by chthon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I sent the tribe an e-mail stating, "Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any tribe that will accept people like me as a member".

    1. Re:This just in by TheloniousToady · · Score: 3, Funny

      Your English teacher called. She wants me to tell you that "wan'ts" isn't a word.

      Why a four-year-old child could understand that post. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I can't make head or tail out of it.

  3. 100% success rate so far by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right now, it's correctly indentified every one of the students who sat down in front of it as "overweight nerd"

  4. Re:Oh, goodie. by CanHasDIY · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is the world of Minority Report just around the corner?

    We knew you were going to say that.

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    An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
  5. Don't understand my result by puddingebola · · Score: 3, Funny

    I ran it myself and it said, "Loser."

    1. Re:Don't understand my result by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Sounds like you get no respect.

  6. Urban Tribe? by nurb432 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Someone has too much time on their hands.

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    ---- Booth was a patriot ----
  7. I tried it by tomhath · · Score: 2, Funny

    It says I'm a terrorist...Hold on...Someone is at the door

  8. Re:Never understood this by TheloniousToady · · Score: 4, Funny

    Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't NEED to follow ME, You don't NEED to follow ANYBODY! You've got to think for your selves! You're ALL individuals!
    The Crowd: Yes! We're all individuals!
    Brian: You're all different!
    The Crowd: Yes, we ARE all different!
    Man in crowd: I'm not...

  9. Wait a minute. by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 3, Funny

    Those aren't the Urban Tribes I learned in history class. Aren't they supposed to be Collina, Esquilina, Palatina and Suburana?