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Some may say that Artificial Intelligence has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years, but perhaps a very practical use for this has been discovered by a group of Tel Aviv University students. They have combined pinpointing software with physiological research. Amit Kagian, the program’s developer explained, “Coordinates are used for calculating geometric features and asymmetry”.
To put it simply, the software gauges the distance and symmetry as well as texture and tone of the face. While Artificial Intelligence will perhaps never match human intuition, this could be useful for picking models, as well as facial-recognition software.
Read [ZDNet]
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Wow, I never knew physical attractiveness was a “calculable” thing! But I’m guessing this technique would only work in certain cultures?
I’ve read about places in the world outside the West where long ear lobes, lengthened necks, gaps between the front teeth etc are attractive.
on April 2, 2008 at 01:27 AM - LINKWhen running the program, pictures of women in burkas with no features at all came back as most attractive. Must be the programmers subjective idea of what attractive is?
on April 3, 2008 at 07:39 AM - LINK