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+-   Algorithms can make you pretty on Thursday October 09 2008, @10:38AM caffeinemessiah

Submitted by caffeinemessiah on Thursday October 09 2008, @10:38AM
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caffeinemessiah writes "The New York Times has an interesting story on a new algorithm by researchers from Tel Aviv University that modifies a facial picture of a person to conform to standards of attractiveness. Based on a digital library of pictures of people who have been judged "attractive", the algorithm finds the nearest match and modifies an input picture to the conform to the "attractive" person's proportions. The trick, however, is that the resultant pictures are still recognizable as the person. Here's a quick link to a representative picture of the process. Note that this is a machine learning approach to picture modification, NOT a characterization of beauty, and could just as easily be used to make a person less attractive."
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