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Computer Scientists Have Created the Most Accurate Digital Model of a Human Face (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit quotes a report from Science Magazine: If you've used the smartphone application Snapchat, you may have turned a photo of yourself into a disco bear or melded your face with someone else's. Now, a group of researchers has created the most advanced technique yet for building 3D facial models on the computer. The system could improve personalized avatars in video games, facial recognition for security, and -- of course -- Snapchat filters. The team also trained its program to turn casual 2D snapshots into accurate 3D models. The method could be used to view what a criminal suspect caught on camera would look like from a different angle, or 20 years older. One could also flesh out and animate historical figures from portraits. The "large scale facial model," or LSFM, may soon have medical applications, too. If someone has lost a nose, the technology could help plastic surgeons determine how a new one should look, given the rest of the face.
The method could be used to view what a criminal suspect caught on camera would look like from a different angle
I am leery of technologies that rely heavily on probability in the legal system. The digital output of this program could make very erroneous assumptions on facial features simply based on historical data that is fed to it. What if the criminal being sought is a very dangerous individual and this system ends up marking an unsuspecting bystander as a target and gets shot and killed amid confusion?
That's what Reddit is for, after all.
What if it helps track down the new Metal Gear?
on LSFM? you know, the one with the false face.
My online fursona is a 6'3" neon blue folf with chiseled abs and 10 inch junk. Putting my own doughy face on that would just be strange.
You're right. Forgive me. What was I thinking considering the ethical implications of implementing an algorithm based system that arbitrarily tags individuals as criminals.
That's what Reddit is for, after all.
Reddit is way ahead of you, making 3D sculptures from 2D photos was already on topic four days ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/tales...
Does giving my sexbot a human "face" constitute misuse??
You are right! Who would have ever thought that anyone would have used connected devices to defraud, track, and spy on people? One should only look on the bright side of things. Have another wafer thin mint my friend.
Time is what keeps everything from happening all at once.
Well, there goes the uniqueness of people needed to create new video. We're now in S1MØNE territory.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Combine this with voice emulation ... and we've got ourselves a whole new world of alternative facts!
Lyrebird will offer an API to copy the voice of anyone. It will need as little as one minute of audio recording of a speaker to compute a unique key defining her/his voice. This key will then allow to generate anything from its corresponding voice.
Might makes right irrelevant.
You're right. Forgive me. What was I thinking considering the ethical implications of implementing an algorithm based system that arbitrarily tags individuals as criminals.
Guilty until proven innocent. Screw due process! It was just a fad. :P While you're at it, you might as well give away all your rights away to the plutocrats, since you obviously don't value them anyway. We would have all been better off in ye olden days as slaves of the Pharaoh.
We'll make great pets
I think it would be quite amusing actually to make the "bad guys" in a video game you have to plow down into pictures of exes.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
Few pieces of evidence are conclusive on their own, but they can be good leads for further investigation.
Indeed, the ethical implications of such a nonexistent algorithm would be terrible. :-)
Yes, I think there is a snapchat filter for that.
For the first time ever, this comment is insightful.
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