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Re: How normal am I?

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Post by adolph »

emsixteen wrote: post #206
kypro wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're completely different. This is solely for intimidation purposes. Cameras previously would show a wide angle view of the store so you can see when someone put something under their jacket, etc. I can understand and accept this. In comparison these new cameras have a very swallow angle of view, they're zoomed in on your face and they're in portrait. They would be completely useless if you wanted to see if someon…

100% agreed on this, and have no idea how to tackle it.

Ideas to tackle it:

Wear your covid mask, sunglasses and sunhat everywhere. Also put heel inserts in your shoes to change your height/walking gait. Or just go full privacy burka with a headshape altering chef's hat or mitznefet.

Re: How normal am I?

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Post by vanattab »

jrimbault wrote: post #224
kypro wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're completely different. This is solely for intimidation purposes. Cameras previously would show a wide angle view of the store so you can see when someone put something under their jacket, etc. I can understand and accept this. In comparison these new cameras have a very swallow angle of view, they're zoomed in on your face and they're in portrait. They would be completely useless if you wanted to see if someon…

> These are there to purposefully record your face and let you know that they're doing that full colour and HD whether you like it or not. I believe (?) this, as it is stated above, would be illegal in France under the current laws. You have to consent to be the _subject_ of photography in a public place. Of course, advocates of such systems would argue against that easily.

Really? Security cameras are illegal in france?

Re: How normal am I?

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Post by Bromeo »

kjkjadksj wrote: post #217
Bromeo wrote: post #119

I think many people commenting on the model making bad predictions are missing the point. The speaker argues that even though models are known to be inaccurate, companies like tinder or insurance companies might still use the model outputs since they have nothing better. Therefore, in some future (or already today?) you can suffer from bad model predictions because you are "not normal enough" for the model to make go…

This isnt an usolvable problem though since you can calculate the strength of model fit for a particular data point. You learn how to do this with linear models in stat 101 so everyone who is paid to be a datascientist will no doubt understand this.

Unfortunately the theory for linear models does not translate easily to deep learning based models, which this demo is based on. The "strength of model fit" becomes much more complicated and is an active field of deep learning research.

Re: How normal am I?

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Post by SLWW »

I'm violently average.

That's fantastic; I enjoyed the presentation. It's pretty revealing.

Also the computer thinks i'm a 6.9 but also decided i was 6 years older than i actually am. What a wonderfully well executed demo.

It makes me question how computers handle attraction vs. age. I know from personal experience that I will think someone older is more attractive if they wear their age better. I consider myself a 3-4 but that's knowing my age, could there be a case where the perceived age affects the perceived beauty?

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Post by Volrath89 »

ccbccccbbcccbb wrote: post #57
tristanperry wrote: post #29

Interesting for sure. The first time I done it, I had a beauty score of 5. I then put glasses on and got better lighting, and got up to a 7. It kept saying my age was 18-20, but I'm 32. Finally it kept predicting my BMI as 30+, even though it's 22.5. So it was interesting, and a pretty cool tech demonstration, but it wasn't too accurate for me.

How far is it from 'beauty score' to 'aryan score' ?

I am far from white, with black hair, black beard and brown eyes and got a 9.5 on attractiveness...

I think it's wrong though, judging by my "success" (lack of) with women.

Re: How normal am I?

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Post by m463 »

throwaway1777 wrote: post #197
kypro wrote: post #195

Well executed. I was aware of most of the data protection and privacy concerns presented, but I wasn't aware facial recognition system are being used as widely as suggested here. If these systems ever become widely adopted I might seriously consider obscuring my face in public. Here in the UK I've noticed over the last year or so many supermarket self checkouts have been fitted with cameras and screens. I'm not naive…

Shops and many other places have had video cameras for decades to deter theft and crime so people are used to it.

In about 2000 a friend of mine worked in las vegas. At that time, they used facial recognition to identify everyone coming in the door to detect card counters and other troublemakers. They shared this information widely among all the casinos.

It is > 20 years later now... I wonder how accommodating they are when a whale walks in?

Re: How normal am I?

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Post by DJHenk »

richrichardsson wrote: post #74
jstanley wrote: post #2

I was initially put off by the webcam permission requirement, but the terms and conditions page says it's basically an art project and they don't send any data off (unless you explicitly accept it at the end) so I gave it a chance. I'm glad I allowed webcam permission because it was an interesting, informative, and fun look at biometric tracking. Apparently I'm "violently average" which is not a way I would previousl…

I found that the most shocking. 96% of people who used this didn't read the conditions first.

I didn't read them because I don't believe them anyway. If the website uses my camera, I'll just assume that everything is recorded and sent to advertisers and shady governments before I closed the tab. So I did not want continue with this one. It was after reading the comments here I decided to give it a go. Terms and conditions played not role.
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