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PornHub Uses Computer Vision To ID Actors, Acts In Its Videos (techcrunch.com)

Baron_Yam shares a report from TechCrunch, which details PornHub's use of machine learning to ID actors and acts in its videos: The computer vision system can identify specific actors in scenes and even identifies various positions and attributes. While it is obviously very difficult to describe the feature set for a family audience, the system can identify individual performers in real time -- in the demo here it recognizes one performer even from the side -- and it can also identify sex acts. Facial detection is nothing new, even for mobile devices, but this system goes one step further by categorizing videos and images based on various attributes. This means you'll be able find favorites by name or characteristics, a feat that once require prodigious amounts of data entry.

"So far we've used the model on about 500k featured videos which includes user submitted and we plan to scan the whole library in the beginning of 2018," said Price. "Very shortly, the technology will also be used to detect various sex positions / categories and be able to properly tag them as well."

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  1. It has always been true by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Porn has always led the industry. Always.

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    rediculous.
    1. Re:It has always been true by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just the tip, though.

  2. Re:Idea! by Northdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scarily, once they have their database, that is completely possible if you're talking a facial match. Facial. hehe

  3. Re:Idea! by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, that was creeptastic. Enough slashdot for today, I think.

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  4. Re:An AI That Watches 500K+ Porn Videos? by dryriver · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wouldn't that depend on how much Backpropagation this particular AI engages in? =)

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  5. Provides a whole new meaning... by pr0t0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    to the term "facial detection".

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  6. the jokes, they write themselves! by sootman · · Score: 5, Funny

    "... the system can identify individual performers... and it can also identify sex acts."

    So it can do facial detection and, um, facial detection?

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  7. Darn! There goes my job! by jsrjsr · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I was getting so good at recognizing actresses, too!

  8. Damn Computers by CanadianMacFan · · Score: 5, Funny

    They have even taken over watching porn now.

  9. Science Marches On by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    "PornHub Uses Computer Vision To ID Actors, Acts In Its Videos"

    Science Marches On (driven by the unquenchable desire for more boobies)

    What a time to be alive.

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  10. Re: here's a challenge by lucm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Probably because they don't sell it in more then 3X large.

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