© Screenshot of how-old.net
A new application from Microsoft which claims to be able to
tell person's age using their photo has proved a hit with internet users, who have been uploading its best and worst efforts, with the hashtag #HowOldRobot.
The years haven't been kind to US President Barack Obama.
The application, called #HowOldRobot, attracted over 35,000 users within a few hours after the team at Microsoft
decided to test its Face detection API's through the webpage earlier this week.
Despite being still in the testing phase, the software can be extraordinarily perceptive.
Though it's still prone to the odd human error.
Cool, the PTB have figured out a way to get a massive facial recognition database! And the beauty of it is that it is all volunteer. They can do this with Facebook too, but too many pictures on Facebook can be put into context with an obvious algorithm. (Although I sure would bet that they are trying very hard to mine Facebook too...)