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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday January 16 2018, @05:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the hopefully-not-a-dali dept.

Facial recognition is fun:

If you've ever wondered if there's a museum portrait somewhere that looks like you and you're ready to have your ego crushed, there's now an app for that. Google Arts & Culture's latest update now lets you take a selfie, and using image recognition, finds someone in its vast art collection that most resembles you. It will then present you and your fine art twin side-by-side, along with a percentage match, and let you share the results on social media, if you dare.

Also at NPR and Alphr.

Related: Google Launches Three Photo/Videography "Appsperiments"


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by engblom on Tuesday January 16 2018, @06:52AM (1 child)

    by engblom (556) on Tuesday January 16 2018, @06:52AM (#623018)

    Google seems to be obsessed with gathering data. They want even more data for face recognition. This is the biggest reason for this "feature". If you actually open up the article, you will notice the "matches" are not even particularly good.

    This is all a trap, in my opinion.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Tuesday January 16 2018, @07:14AM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Tuesday January 16 2018, @07:14AM (#623027) Journal

    Also good for keeping a collection of mug shots tied to an account most likely tied to a cell phone number.