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

Posted by BeauHD on from the continuously-updating dept.

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. Idea! by Comen · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Now all they need to do is develop an App where you upload a picture of a girl you took a picture of and it finds the closest porn match! = $

    1. 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

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

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

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    3. Re:Idea! by computational+super · · Score: 2

      Or check to see if she's ever "modeled" in the past.

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    4. Re:Idea! by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 2

      As opposed to what Google et al. are already doing? Points for the US shibboleth use, though.

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    5. Re:Idea! by michelcolman · · Score: 2

      I must say the combined phrases "it can also identify sex acts. Facial detection is nothing new, even for mobile devices" had me puzzled for a fraction of a second, there. What? There are mobile apps that identify facials?... Oh, faces, right.

    6. Re:Idea! by jabuzz · · Score: 2

      Well according to Kelly LeBrock/Lisa it was a Pershing missile, and they where medium range ballistic missiles not ICBM's.

    7. Re:Idea! by AmiMoJo · · Score: 2

      4chan et al. have been doing this for years as a way to harass and dox people. If they can't find anything they just post someone similar looking and claim it's the victim.

      Surprised there have not been more lawsuits yet, over firings for misidentification.

      I predict the supply of amateur porn will dry up fast too. The promise of relative anonymity and obscurity will deter people.

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  2. Innovation by budsetr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Porn! The driving force of innovation on the internet!

    1. Re:Innovation by reboot246 · · Score: 2

      Finally, technology that is doing something useful!

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

    Porn has always led the industry. Always.

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

      Just the tip, though.

    2. Re:It has always been true by freeze128 · · Score: 2

      ...except for spelling and grammar checking. Porn has completely ignored that technology.

  4. This was inevitable by ClickOnThis · · Score: 2

    Internet Rule 34. That is all.

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    1. Re:This was inevitable by AdamStarks · · Score: 4, Interesting

      That rule refers to porn about things; this is merely a thing about porn. But lemme help you out there:
      He rubbed his eyes, wondering what time it was. Suddenly the lights came on, blinding. Billy fell out of his chair in surprise, and heard Jenny exclaim "Oh, so sorry! I didn't know someone would be in the PornHub office this late. I'm just here to clean". Rolling onto his belly, Billy strikes a sexy pose, and says with a wink "It's okay, you might actually be able to help me out. See, I'm writing a system to detect various kinds of sexual acts and poses, and, well, it needs training data".

  5. Finally! by JohnFen · · Score: 2

    Finally, someone is putting this tech to a task that is both helpful and not destroying uninvolved people's privacy!

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

    to the term "facial detection".

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    1. Re:Provides a whole new meaning... by Opportunist · · Score: 2

      Oh sorry, didn't recognize you without the cum on your face.

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  7. I sense Mash Up! by dave562 · · Score: 2

    So PornHub has the "AI" trained to recognize the sex positions. Google and Amazon have the cameras in the bedrooms (and other parts of "private" residences).

    What could possibly go wrong?

    America's most anally active zip code?

    Which neighborhood in America is best for 3-somes?

    Is missionary /really/ the most common position in America?

    1. Re:I sense Mash Up! by swb · · Score: 2

      Amazon used to make available data on where a thing you were browsing was popular. I mostly remember books, and they would tell you the regions or areas where it was being sold. "#1 In Minneapolis, #5 in Cambridge" that sort of thing.

      If they still had that, you could figure out where sex lube was most popular and grant that area the anal capital of america title.

  8. 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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  9. The next step is composition by HiThere · · Score: 2

    Once they've got that database recorded and classified, the next step is clearly to create composites, i.e. "original" performances.

    Please note this doesn't even take a real AI. Not even a narrow AI. The AI is needed to classify the images, but they've already separated recognition of the particular actions from the individuals involved. Now they can mix the thematic elements in multiple different combinations, and let the audiences decide which compositions are most successful.

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    1. Re:The next step is composition by AmiMoJo · · Score: 2

      Since 99% of the content on PornHub is infringing copyright, maybe that's their ultimate goal. Kinda like Uber, start off ignoring the law and hope to develop something legal before you get sued and regulated into oblivion.

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

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

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

    They have even taken over watching porn now.

  12. 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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  13. Well this is terrifying by rsilvergun · · Score: 2

    lets say you did some things your not proud of when you were a young. Suddenly it becomes a whole lot easier for somebody to dig that stuff up.

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  14. 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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  15. Nice thing to put on a resume by DrXym · · Score: 2

    "I wrote the routines for PornHub for classifying enema and adult diaper changing porn."