October 8, 2007: Age/sex cam

Sheldonrs · 10-08-2007, 10:35 AM

The next generation:

"Woman 20-39 years, kind of bitchy, never married, has daddy issues, Man 20-39 years, Momma's boy, will never be happy in a relationship, wets the bed, Man 20-39 years, secretly in love with Llama, collects tupperware but only if it's red, erectile disfunction".

ZenGum · 10-08-2007, 10:57 AM

Nice work Sheldon!

I find it odd that all three faces are westerners (at least non-Japanese). But maybe the shot was chosen for an English language news service so they chose it on purpose.

I also find it impressive that it works so well for western faces, if it was originally designed in Japan. Larger noses, especially on women, are very rare here, and might cause the software to guess male.
Also, Japanese people show signs of age very slowly. A few times in my classes I have thought "Hmmm, she's pretty cute" and then she says "My son just graduated from college" or something.
The success of the software could be attributed to either it being calibrated for a wide range of faces (western as well as Japanese) or, as I suspect, they chose a successful matching to put in the paper.

On second thoughts, putting that woman in 20-39 is being generous to her. I'd be very surprised if she is under 30. How crushing would it be if the machine classed her as male, 30-49. Ouch! Maybe it errs on the side of caution.

ViennaWaits · 10-08-2007, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

The next generation:

"Woman 20-39 years, kind of bitchy, never married, has daddy issues, Man 20-39 years, Momma's boy, will never be happy in a relationship, wets the bed, Man 20-39 years, secretly in love with Llama, collects tupperware but only if it's red, erectile disfunction".

Hysterical. Also love the sig line; GREAT movie, even better actor.

Anyhoo - am I the only person to think this kind of thing is a bit on the creepy side? Maybe I've seen Enemy of the State too many times. Granted, 19 years is a broad range, but when you consider that it narrows the population considerably when trying to ID someone... gives me the shivs. Not for a moment do I believe that the gov't would be the only ones with their grubby paws on it, either.

Cicero · 10-08-2007, 04:46 PM

Does not detect assholes yet or what?

(the third time's the charm)

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xoxoxoBruce · 10-08-2007, 07:44 PM

Cannon has a camera in the works that won't take the picture, until everyone in the frame is smiling.

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10-08-2007, 10:57 AM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Nice work Sheldon! I find it odd that all three faces are westerners (at least non-Japanese). But maybe the shot was chosen for an English language news service so they chose it on purpose. I also find it impressive that it works so well for western faces, if it was originally designed in Japan. Larger noses, especially on women, are very rare here, and might cause the software to guess male. Also, Japanese people show signs of age very slowly. A few times in my classes I have thought "Hmmm, she's pretty cute" and then she says "My son just graduated from college" or something. The success of the software could be attributed to either it being calibrated for a wide range of faces (western as well as Japanese) or, as I suspect, they chose a successful matching to put in the paper. On second thoughts, putting that woman in 20-39 is being generous to her. I'd be very surprised if she is under 30. How crushing would it be if the machine classed her as male, 30-49. Ouch! Maybe it errs on the side of caution.

10-08-2007, 07:44 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cannon has a camera in the works that won't take the picture, until everyone in the frame is smiling.

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