You're
only as old as you think you are.
Or in this case, as old as a
computer algorithm thinks you are.
In a machine learning experiment
that's taken social vanity to new heights, Microsoft has created the website http://how-old.net that tells you how old you look just by
analyzing your photo.
Sometimes it's dead on. Other times
it's hilariously, outrageously wrong.
It's simple: Upload a selfie, wait
a few seconds -- then the machine gives you a number.
And since it can analyze anyone's
photo, you can compare yourself to your friends, family, and foes.
But guessing someone's age is a
dangerous game, even for a robot. That's probably why the site comes with a
sheepish apology. "Sorry if we didn't quite get the age and gender
right," it says after each result.
The company unveiled the website at
a conference Thursday as a way to show off its new software.
Part of a new initiative called Project Oxford, Microsoft says
you could use this face detection technology for tasks like sorting through a
large photo collection.
But we're human -- so we'll
probably just use it to judge our own looks.
Culled from CNN
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