Computers With Opinions On Visual Aesthetics 125
photoenthusiast writes "Penn State researchers launched a new online photo-rating system, code named Acquine (Aesthetic Quality Inference Engine), for automatically determining the aesthetic value of a photo. Users can upload their own photographs for an instant Acquine rating, a score from zero to 100. The system learns to associate extracted visual characteristics with the way humans rate photos based on a lot of previously-rated photographs. It is designed for color natural photographic pictures. Technical publications reveal how Acquine works."
Re:Matter of opinion? (Score:5, Informative)
Just in case anyone asks, here's the computer rating for goatse, emphasis mine:
Machine Prediction of Aesthetic Value
Score predicted by Acquine: 19.4/100 rated as below average
Looking at that image a
Re:My lone opinion (Score:2, Informative)
Do you find that it "does a good job of approximating human response"? Because I don't. Photos that are absolute crap get 99.99% and interesting photos get 1%. It seems completely random, except for its apparent preference for high resolution and black borders.