How Old Do I Look?
April 30, 2015 4:51 PM Subscribe
Wow, within a year... yay/sob
posted by en forme de poire at 5:06 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by en forme de poire at 5:06 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
Can't seem to detect my face in any picture I give it.
posted by octothorpe at 5:07 PM on April 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by octothorpe at 5:07 PM on April 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
Basically: a computer is no better than a person at guessing how old I am, except that it guesses older, rather than younger.
I'm still young enough that being asked for ID when I buy liquor is an annoyance rather than a compliment.
posted by invokeuse at 5:08 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
I'm still young enough that being asked for ID when I buy liquor is an annoyance rather than a compliment.
posted by invokeuse at 5:08 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
I've just barely stopped getting asked for ID when I go to the bar and suddenly I'm 56-66.
(Also, the 5 y/o in the picture was pegged as 35, so...)
posted by MsDaniB at 5:10 PM on April 30, 2015
(Also, the 5 y/o in the picture was pegged as 35, so...)
posted by MsDaniB at 5:10 PM on April 30, 2015
It just guessed 20 years younger than I actually am. This is the best website I've ever seen. Shut up, haters.
posted by the webmistress at 5:14 PM on April 30, 2015 [43 favorites]
posted by the webmistress at 5:14 PM on April 30, 2015 [43 favorites]
It can't detect my face with bangs or Boyfriend's with a beard, but in sideways photos I'm 27, so I like that.
posted by MsDaniB at 5:15 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by MsDaniB at 5:15 PM on April 30, 2015
It just guessed 20 years younger than I actually am. This is the best website I've ever seen. Shut up, haters.
Related.
posted by blue suede stockings at 5:17 PM on April 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
Related.
posted by blue suede stockings at 5:17 PM on April 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
Well, I fed it the most recent photo off my phone (a selfie with a friend's baby) and it guessed my age exactly.
I for one welcome our new carnival sideshow overlords.
posted by deludingmyself at 5:21 PM on April 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
I for one welcome our new carnival sideshow overlords.
posted by deludingmyself at 5:21 PM on April 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
FWIW, photos of me taken outdoors were closer in accuracy (but still younger than my actual age, I'm vain enough to add). Indoor photos (admit it, we all love the indoors Blanche DuBois lighting) were considerably younger.
posted by blue suede stockings at 5:21 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by blue suede stockings at 5:21 PM on April 30, 2015
I got 40. Then I tried a slightly different picture and got 38. It's getting closer!
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 5:25 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 5:25 PM on April 30, 2015
I did a bunch of photos and it guessed 25, 22 and 16!
My actual age is.............considerably older than 16
posted by triggerfinger at 5:27 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
My actual age is.............considerably older than 16
posted by triggerfinger at 5:27 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
I uploaded a photo from two years back of me (grinning like a prat - my glasses were also on wonky) standing next to Harrison Ford (orange but handsome) at a party.
It gets my age right (sob) and says Ford is five years younger than he was. Bastard.
posted by Jody Tresidder at 5:28 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
It gets my age right (sob) and says Ford is five years younger than he was. Bastard.
posted by Jody Tresidder at 5:28 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
Hahaha, a picture of me in college making a silly face came back as age 9.
posted by capricorn at 5:29 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by capricorn at 5:29 PM on April 30, 2015
I got 36 and 39. I still get asked if I want a children's menu when I go to restaurants!
posted by smangosbubbles at 5:31 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by smangosbubbles at 5:31 PM on April 30, 2015
I'm trying to get the oldest possible age, and so far I've maxed out at 89. (I'm 42.) Sticking your tongue out helps get advanced scores.
I took a picture of my daughter in front of a history professor's office door. It guessed her age as 13 (8, actually) and then went nuts assigning ages to all the photos of historical figures on the door.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 5:31 PM on April 30, 2015 [10 favorites]
I took a picture of my daughter in front of a history professor's office door. It guessed her age as 13 (8, actually) and then went nuts assigning ages to all the photos of historical figures on the door.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 5:31 PM on April 30, 2015 [10 favorites]
Aren't you supposed to look at the hands to really tell how old one is?
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 5:32 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 5:32 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
I gave it a recent photo where I look pretty damn fresh-faced if I do say so myself. It guessed 76.
I am 34.
posted by Navelgazer at 5:34 PM on April 30, 2015 [12 favorites]
I am 34.
posted by Navelgazer at 5:34 PM on April 30, 2015 [12 favorites]
It guessed an Albert Pujols playing for the Angels picture was younger than an Albert Pujols playing for the Cardinals picture.
posted by drezdn at 5:40 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by drezdn at 5:40 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
no matter which photo i use it keeps telling me 24
posted by poffin boffin at 5:41 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by poffin boffin at 5:41 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
in conclusion i support this product and/or service wholeheartedly and without reservation
posted by poffin boffin at 5:42 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by poffin boffin at 5:42 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
first picture - dark bar lighting, no makeup, blue hair...52.
second picture - slightly better dark lighting, tiny bit of makeup, pink hair...32.
Third picture - sunshine, no makeup, pink hair...40.
I am 42. Most people guesstimate me as 32-35 due to the courtesy layer of fat.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 5:51 PM on April 30, 2015
second picture - slightly better dark lighting, tiny bit of makeup, pink hair...32.
Third picture - sunshine, no makeup, pink hair...40.
I am 42. Most people guesstimate me as 32-35 due to the courtesy layer of fat.
posted by fluffy battle kitten at 5:51 PM on April 30, 2015
If I was the NSA and wanted to beta test new surveillance technology, I'd release it online as a guess my age app.
posted by COD at 5:53 PM on April 30, 2015 [32 favorites]
posted by COD at 5:53 PM on April 30, 2015 [32 favorites]
I used two pictures: one right before cutting bangs, and one after.
Before: I was a 35 year old woman. (one year off)
After: I suddenly became a 13 year old!! Dang, I had no idea that bangs would take so many years off of my appearance.
posted by Elly Vortex at 5:54 PM on April 30, 2015
Before: I was a 35 year old woman. (one year off)
After: I suddenly became a 13 year old!! Dang, I had no idea that bangs would take so many years off of my appearance.
posted by Elly Vortex at 5:54 PM on April 30, 2015
It said my wife is 15, she's 34
posted by Divest_Abstraction at 6:01 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by Divest_Abstraction at 6:01 PM on April 30, 2015
Okay, finally got it to recognize my face as a face and it guessed... 59! Fuck.
posted by octothorpe at 6:02 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by octothorpe at 6:02 PM on April 30, 2015
I can't believe you guys are feeding this thing your faces :o
posted by Glinn at 6:05 PM on April 30, 2015 [13 favorites]
posted by Glinn at 6:05 PM on April 30, 2015 [13 favorites]
I'm 45, but computer says I'm in my early 50s (I tried several photos).
My 43 yo wife is 17, though, apparently.
So now I feel like an aging sleazeball. GREAT
posted by misterbee at 6:11 PM on April 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
My 43 yo wife is 17, though, apparently.
So now I feel like an aging sleazeball. GREAT
posted by misterbee at 6:11 PM on April 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
If I was the NSA and wanted to beta test new surveillance technology, I'd release it online as a guess my age app.
posted by COD 7:53 PM on April 30
But if I were the NSA, I'd have the thing ask for your actual age to see if it was right.
It thinks my 15 year old son is a 23 year old girl, my 46 year old husband is 61, my 17 year old daughter is a 40 year man and my 6 year old is now 60. It thinks I'm 6 years younger than I am so I am happy with its accuracy.
posted by artychoke at 6:17 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by COD 7:53 PM on April 30
But if I were the NSA, I'd have the thing ask for your actual age to see if it was right.
It thinks my 15 year old son is a 23 year old girl, my 46 year old husband is 61, my 17 year old daughter is a 40 year man and my 6 year old is now 60. It thinks I'm 6 years younger than I am so I am happy with its accuracy.
posted by artychoke at 6:17 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
Uploaded 3 pics taken the same day. 62, 67 and 29.
posted by pushing paper and bottoming chairs at 6:17 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by pushing paper and bottoming chairs at 6:17 PM on April 30, 2015
I can't believe you guys are feeding this thing your faces
wait, faces?
posted by poffin boffin at 6:20 PM on April 30, 2015 [11 favorites]
wait, faces?
posted by poffin boffin at 6:20 PM on April 30, 2015 [11 favorites]
I was feeling all bad for myself because this thing guessed I was 5 years older than I am until it guessed my 10-year-old son's age as 27 for I figure it's all bullshit. (It guessed my wife as 4 years younger than her actual age so she might have a different opinion of its accuracy).
posted by The Gooch at 6:32 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by The Gooch at 6:32 PM on April 30, 2015
It said I was 2 years older than I am. I've lived a bit, so I guess that's fair.
posted by jonmc at 6:37 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by jonmc at 6:37 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
For a picture of me and my mother, it guessed 21 years younger for me (40 for 61) and 20 years younger for her (76 for 96).
I like this thing.
posted by caryatid at 6:55 PM on April 30, 2015
I like this thing.
posted by caryatid at 6:55 PM on April 30, 2015
Neither this nor My Idol recognizes a puggle face and I am very disappointed.
posted by griphus at 7:02 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 7:02 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
It knocked eight years off my age, but added a penis. You win some, you lose some, I guess.
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 7:09 PM on April 30, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 7:09 PM on April 30, 2015 [7 favorites]
In real life, most people think that I'm younger than I am, but this app guessed 13 years older. Interesting.
posted by jomato at 7:13 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by jomato at 7:13 PM on April 30, 2015
It thinks I'm a panda. I'M NOT A FUCKING PANDA.
posted by goatdog at 7:24 PM on April 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by goatdog at 7:24 PM on April 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
It guessed 52 for the first and 11 for the second. I am 41. I think it is drunk.
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 7:25 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 7:25 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
I think your magic website is broken.
posted by echocollate at 7:46 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by echocollate at 7:46 PM on April 30, 2015
Oh no I put my pictures in before reading comments that put paranoia in my head!! They got me.
posted by mokeydraws at 7:53 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by mokeydraws at 7:53 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Goddamn it, metafilter!
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 8:08 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 8:08 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm 48. It said 41. Sold!
posted by harrietthespy at 8:12 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by harrietthespy at 8:12 PM on April 30, 2015
Christ that was depressing. I'm already mourning my 45th birthday next week, and the last thing I needed was a computer telling me I look 75. On multiple photos. Next to my (42 year old) wife who apparently looks 27 every time.
This is literally the worst thing ever.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 8:16 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
This is literally the worst thing ever.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 8:16 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
I'm turning 29 in a few weeks. Every picture I uploaded, it either couldn't find my face, or it thought I was 45. I think this thing has opinions about beards.
posted by mrjohnmuller at 8:20 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by mrjohnmuller at 8:20 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
If I was the NSA and wanted to beta test new surveillance technology, I'd release it online as a guess my age app.
It's Microsoft. Can't you tell from the stock photos of incredibly cheerful people?
This is probably contributing to one of their facial recognition software programs.
posted by betweenthebars at 8:22 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
It's Microsoft. Can't you tell from the stock photos of incredibly cheerful people?
This is probably contributing to one of their facial recognition software programs.
posted by betweenthebars at 8:22 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
This is probably contributing to one of their facial recognition software programs.
Why yes it is, and the fact that users are submitting multiple photos of themselves has got to be really helping develop the verification feature.
posted by blue suede stockings at 8:26 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
Why yes it is, and the fact that users are submitting multiple photos of themselves has got to be really helping develop the verification feature.
posted by blue suede stockings at 8:26 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
This is probably contributing to one of their facial recognition software programs.
I'm in the part of the company that built this and would be extremely surprised if anything remotely like that were true:
1) There are extremely tough standards for dealing with "PII" (Personally-Identifiable Data) that would preclude writing these pictures to persistent storage
2) AzureML consists of two separate systems with shared code: a training system (aka Azure ML Studio) and an operationalized scoring system. The scoring system works off a trained model and is stateless: data comes in, score goes out.
For the record, I uploaded a picture of myself when I was 44 and it guessed 47 :/.
posted by Slothrup at 8:34 PM on April 30, 2015 [6 favorites]
I'm in the part of the company that built this and would be extremely surprised if anything remotely like that were true:
1) There are extremely tough standards for dealing with "PII" (Personally-Identifiable Data) that would preclude writing these pictures to persistent storage
2) AzureML consists of two separate systems with shared code: a training system (aka Azure ML Studio) and an operationalized scoring system. The scoring system works off a trained model and is stateless: data comes in, score goes out.
For the record, I uploaded a picture of myself when I was 44 and it guessed 47 :/.
posted by Slothrup at 8:34 PM on April 30, 2015 [6 favorites]
It nailed mine exactly, then estimated an upside down photo of my three year old son to be 33. Wait, that might make sense somehow.
posted by ga$money at 8:37 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by ga$money at 8:37 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Picture 1, 3 years too old. Not bad.
Picture 2, after a shave, 6 years too old.
Picture 3, doing a smile that makes me look like a pod person, bang on the money.
In conclusion, I'm insulted.
posted by figurant at 8:39 PM on April 30, 2015
Picture 2, after a shave, 6 years too old.
Picture 3, doing a smile that makes me look like a pod person, bang on the money.
In conclusion, I'm insulted.
posted by figurant at 8:39 PM on April 30, 2015
A morning shave and dab of HDR can do wonders, but 33?
Hey, how you doin?
posted by Sphinx at 8:57 PM on April 30, 2015
Hey, how you doin?
posted by Sphinx at 8:57 PM on April 30, 2015
No to this.
posted by EatTheWeek at 8:57 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by EatTheWeek at 8:57 PM on April 30, 2015
Looking at the source code for this webpage I've noticed they are just using a random number generator for the age output - and that's all.
This is a lie.
But the mere fact that, for a second, you thought it was true should tell you all there is to know about the shittiness of the algorithm(s) they are using.
posted by bigendian at 9:02 PM on April 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
This is a lie.
But the mere fact that, for a second, you thought it was true should tell you all there is to know about the shittiness of the algorithm(s) they are using.
posted by bigendian at 9:02 PM on April 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
I like how the search bar allows you to just search for diabeetus if you've forgotten Wilford Brimley's name.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:03 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:03 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm 26. It says I'm 44.
Now I'm sad. I've been wondering all these years why I can't get male attention no matter what I do :(
posted by Aranquis at 9:12 PM on April 30, 2015
Now I'm sad. I've been wondering all these years why I can't get male attention no matter what I do :(
posted by Aranquis at 9:12 PM on April 30, 2015
The thing about this site that really annoys me is how it uses technology to reinforce gender binaries, and erases non-binary identities.
And that that's considered okay.
posted by aurynn at 9:32 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
And that that's considered okay.
posted by aurynn at 9:32 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
I don't know about this. I put one photo in and it said 17, and I was all flattered, and then I put a second photo in and it said I looked like an 84 year old man. sobs
posted by lwb at 9:39 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by lwb at 9:39 PM on April 30, 2015
Well everyones thought i was 6-10 years older than i am since i was 15, and i pretty much never got carded buying beer at gas stations in high school... so i guess it makes sense that in my mid 20s, it thinks i'm in my early mid 30s?
Best way i can spin it at least... :(
posted by emptythought at 9:54 PM on April 30, 2015
Best way i can spin it at least... :(
posted by emptythought at 9:54 PM on April 30, 2015
Neither this nor My Idol recognizes a puggle face and I am very disappointed.
the nation of poffintopia recognizes the nation of pugglestan and will ally with it in the seizing of the world's strategic bacon reserves
posted by poffin boffin at 9:56 PM on April 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
the nation of poffintopia recognizes the nation of pugglestan and will ally with it in the seizing of the world's strategic bacon reserves
posted by poffin boffin at 9:56 PM on April 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
Well, all the pictures where I have a beard or mustache it sets as older than I am (6-12 years!), clean-shaven younger (4-7 years). I was always told I looked younger than I was so I got an old pic of me at 24... and it guessed 34. I'm so confused.
posted by oneswellfoop at 10:40 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by oneswellfoop at 10:40 PM on April 30, 2015
I would love to try this except I fear I'd be adding to the creepy stalkerness of the Internet. But I did get mistaken for 20 years younger than I actually am IRL the other day, so I do wonder wtf this thing would come up with for me.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:41 PM on April 30, 2015
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:41 PM on April 30, 2015
It's so bad at its task that I have to suspect its purpose is something other than claimed.
posted by five fresh fish at 11:12 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by five fresh fish at 11:12 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Email me pictures of a legal photo ID and the front and back of a valid credit card and I will accurately guess your age, gender, and current FICO credit score.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:43 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 11:43 PM on April 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
I'm 48. I took a Photo Booth photo when I wasn't wearing any makeup and looked tired, and it thought I was 30. And a MAN.
Then I found a recent Photo Booth photo, same shirt, but I'm wearing makeup and look like myself. It thought I was 36, but at least it recognized I'm a woman.
posted by The Wrong Kind of Cheese at 11:52 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Then I found a recent Photo Booth photo, same shirt, but I'm wearing makeup and look like myself. It thought I was 36, but at least it recognized I'm a woman.
posted by The Wrong Kind of Cheese at 11:52 PM on April 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
It said I'm a good listener and confident and fuckable enough but not intimidatingly fuckable. Checks out.
posted by Kwine at 12:07 AM on May 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Kwine at 12:07 AM on May 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
"But if I were the NSA, I'd have the thing ask for your actual age to see if it was right."
The NSA doesn't need to ask; they get all that info from the tracking data they collect when you visit other sites.
(Plus, it's not their style.)
posted by iamkimiam at 12:13 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
The NSA doesn't need to ask; they get all that info from the tracking data they collect when you visit other sites.
(Plus, it's not their style.)
posted by iamkimiam at 12:13 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
It pegged me , even though I was dressed as a crabby old woman wearing spectacles and a wig in the pic.
posted by boilermonster at 12:28 AM on May 1, 2015
posted by boilermonster at 12:28 AM on May 1, 2015
It guessed that a picture of my 1 year old daughter was 2 (my wife was, oddly, offended by that?)
But I think more interesting is that it identifies gender, and it got it right. Pretty much every human out on the street thinks she is male, because she doesn't wear a lot of pink, but this machine got it right.
posted by Just this guy, y'know at 2:00 AM on May 1, 2015
But I think more interesting is that it identifies gender, and it got it right. Pretty much every human out on the street thinks she is male, because she doesn't wear a lot of pink, but this machine got it right.
posted by Just this guy, y'know at 2:00 AM on May 1, 2015
I'm 33, 40 and 53.
I'm alternately flattered, brought down to earth and depressed.
posted by Swandive at 2:40 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm alternately flattered, brought down to earth and depressed.
posted by Swandive at 2:40 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Gave it three different photos, and each time it guessed about 10 years younger than I actually am. I am impressed with the great technological skill and accuracy behind this website, and believe it will usurp all others as being among the best humankind has ever created. A++++ would upload photos again.
posted by Aya Hirano on the Astral Plane at 4:52 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Aya Hirano on the Astral Plane at 4:52 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
I just put four identical photos on an evenly spaced grid and fed it that, and it guessed a different age for each quadrant of the grid.
How's that work then?
On the other hand, it is good at recognising human faces but failing to recognise pictures of piglets I keep trying to feed it. So I guess if you ever need some automated system to keep cute piglets out of your secure area, look no further.
posted by Dext at 5:26 AM on May 1, 2015
How's that work then?
On the other hand, it is good at recognising human faces but failing to recognise pictures of piglets I keep trying to feed it. So I guess if you ever need some automated system to keep cute piglets out of your secure area, look no further.
posted by Dext at 5:26 AM on May 1, 2015
I gave it a picture of Dorian Gray and it said, "LOL fuck you."
posted by ardgedee at 5:45 AM on May 1, 2015
posted by ardgedee at 5:45 AM on May 1, 2015
Well, at least it was nicer than the horrible person at the food court who asked if I had a Senior's card. I'm 47. I still hold a grudge.
posted by h00py at 5:45 AM on May 1, 2015
posted by h00py at 5:45 AM on May 1, 2015
Microsoft has launched a metadata-slurping website which pretends to be a fun age-guessing game based on uploaded pictures. In a blog post authored by Corom Thompson and Santosh Balasubramanian, engineers in information management and machine learning at Microsoft, the pair claim they launched a webpage at how-old.net to "play" with a newly released face detection API.posted by Herodios at 5:49 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Thompson and Balasubramanian explain "the magic behind this" in a post revealing the page to be a laudably clever advertisement for Microsoft's services. "It took a couple of developers just a day to put this whole solution together, starting with the pipeline from the web page to the Machine Learning APIs to the real-time streaming analytics and real-time BI. . . . in addition to age and gender, we also got [...] information such the User Agent string of the users of the web site, the latitude and longitude of location from where the picture was uploaded and more".
Once the pair extracted the information they wanted from the uploaded pictures and web logs, they then collected and analysed the data obtained from the thousands of users uploading pictures to the site in real time.
-- Alexander J Martin, The Register (Biting the hand that feeds IT)
I uploaded two photos of myself with my fiancee. In one it said I am 38, and she is 14. In another, it said I am 43, and she is 46 (and this photo is about two years older than the first one). Then I uploaded a photo of just me. It said I am 55. I'm 30, and she's 28.
I'd be angry with the thing for its constant overestimating of my age - I don't even have a beard, or grey hair! - but considering its schizophrenia about my fiancee's age, I'm just amused.
(I am also not surprised to learn that this thing is some evil corporate ploy. I fell for it. Ah, well.)
posted by breakin' the law at 5:55 AM on May 1, 2015
I'd be angry with the thing for its constant overestimating of my age - I don't even have a beard, or grey hair! - but considering its schizophrenia about my fiancee's age, I'm just amused.
(I am also not surprised to learn that this thing is some evil corporate ploy. I fell for it. Ah, well.)
posted by breakin' the law at 5:55 AM on May 1, 2015
They should add a "Hot or Not" algorithm so it gives you age, gender, and a 1-10 attractiveness rating. Then they should charge 10 cents for every photo upload. They will be billionaires by next morning.
posted by dgaicun at 6:08 AM on May 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by dgaicun at 6:08 AM on May 1, 2015 [4 favorites]
I uploaded my LinkedIn profile pic and it said 42, but I'm 45. But wait! The photo is about 3 years old ... ooooooo.
posted by freecellwizard at 7:47 AM on May 1, 2015
posted by freecellwizard at 7:47 AM on May 1, 2015
According to this thing, Barbie is 25, and Bros - a band composed of identical twins - are either 27, 33, or, for one of them, 52.
posted by mippy at 7:55 AM on May 1, 2015
posted by mippy at 7:55 AM on May 1, 2015
BROS oh my god
posted by poffin boffin at 8:03 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by poffin boffin at 8:03 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
It was short for 'brothers'! And the 80s. Which is probably why photos of them make them resemble a gay magazine centrespread shoot.
posted by mippy at 8:05 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by mippy at 8:05 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
11 years younger than I am! It also tells me I'm male, which I assume is skewing my age as well (I'd make a pretty young-looking guy).
posted by libraritarian at 8:19 AM on May 1, 2015
posted by libraritarian at 8:19 AM on May 1, 2015
Picture of a day when I was try to present masculinely? 44 and male (win! Thank you, random computer. I got ma'am-ed so much that day, it was annoying.)
Close-up selfie, women's clothes but only visible from the shoulders up? 56, male.
Better lighting, unambiguously women’s clothes? 55 and male. (60 and male on my masculinely presenting wife, 45 and female on my wife’s girlfriend, who has much longer hair than either of us.)
Picture from two years ago with more much more hair and women's clothes? 56 and female.
(I am 38, FAAB, varying gender presentation.)
So:
1) Apparently it's the hair.
2) Why the hell am I still getting carded?
3) I don't really care that this is apparently some data harvesting scheme... it's not like my picture and much of my personal information isn't all over creation anyhow.
posted by joycehealy at 8:22 AM on May 1, 2015
Close-up selfie, women's clothes but only visible from the shoulders up? 56, male.
Better lighting, unambiguously women’s clothes? 55 and male. (60 and male on my masculinely presenting wife, 45 and female on my wife’s girlfriend, who has much longer hair than either of us.)
Picture from two years ago with more much more hair and women's clothes? 56 and female.
(I am 38, FAAB, varying gender presentation.)
So:
1) Apparently it's the hair.
2) Why the hell am I still getting carded?
3) I don't really care that this is apparently some data harvesting scheme... it's not like my picture and much of my personal information isn't all over creation anyhow.
posted by joycehealy at 8:22 AM on May 1, 2015
It was short for 'brothers'! And the 80s.
NO I KNOW EXACTLY WHO MATT AND LUKE ARE THANK U. I just don't ever remember they exist except for very randomly across the ages and then it is hilarious all over again.
posted by poffin boffin at 8:59 AM on May 1, 2015
NO I KNOW EXACTLY WHO MATT AND LUKE ARE THANK U. I just don't ever remember they exist except for very randomly across the ages and then it is hilarious all over again.
posted by poffin boffin at 8:59 AM on May 1, 2015
People still regularly ask what I'm studying in school (I'm 29, lol no) but this thought I was 31. Eh.
posted by nonasuch at 10:05 AM on May 1, 2015
posted by nonasuch at 10:05 AM on May 1, 2015
This couldn't have come at a better time! It guessed 51, which is a year low.
Better than the cashier at the art supply shop this morning who asked if I had a senior's discount card.
posted by bonobothegreat at 10:47 AM on May 1, 2015
Better than the cashier at the art supply shop this morning who asked if I had a senior's discount card.
posted by bonobothegreat at 10:47 AM on May 1, 2015
Better than the cashier at the art supply shop this morning who asked if I had a senior's discount card.
Last year my wedding anniversary was more or less spoiled when my wife and I were in line to get into a popular bar. The line was moving really slow because the doorman was being thorough in checking and closely analyzing everybody's ID before letting them enter the bar. When I got to the front of the line he just waved me through.
posted by The Gooch at 11:24 AM on May 1, 2015
Last year my wedding anniversary was more or less spoiled when my wife and I were in line to get into a popular bar. The line was moving really slow because the doorman was being thorough in checking and closely analyzing everybody's ID before letting them enter the bar. When I got to the front of the line he just waved me through.
posted by The Gooch at 11:24 AM on May 1, 2015
There's an episode of The Nanny when she's on a date with a younger guy and bribes the door guy to check her ID.
posted by griphus at 11:28 AM on May 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by griphus at 11:28 AM on May 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
I checked my baby pictures.
6 hours = 59 years
1 month = 2 years and female
1 year = 2 years and female
To be fair I really did look like an old man when I was born.
posted by zinon at 11:30 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
6 hours = 59 years
1 month = 2 years and female
1 year = 2 years and female
To be fair I really did look like an old man when I was born.
posted by zinon at 11:30 AM on May 1, 2015 [1 favorite]
Poffin boffin - I thought you were reading it as bros, you know, with the popped collars and such. Which is a pretty funny name for a boyband.
ALSO CRAIG WILL ALWAYS BE KEN TO ME
posted by mippy at 12:00 PM on May 1, 2015
ALSO CRAIG WILL ALWAYS BE KEN TO ME
posted by mippy at 12:00 PM on May 1, 2015
A little more on what Microsoft is up to with this little viral page. Looks like they now own any pics you uploaded.
posted by Thorzdad at 2:11 PM on May 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Thorzdad at 2:11 PM on May 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
*Checks picture from 2 weeks ago, bearded*
M 49
"Fuck, that's 10 years older than I actually am, maybe it's the beard?"
*Checks picture from 9 months ago, fresh haircut, no beard*
M 52
I hate you, website.
posted by brand-gnu at 2:35 PM on May 1, 2015
M 49
"Fuck, that's 10 years older than I actually am, maybe it's the beard?"
*Checks picture from 9 months ago, fresh haircut, no beard*
M 52
I hate you, website.
posted by brand-gnu at 2:35 PM on May 1, 2015
Does anyone know what aspects of the photos the software is basing its analysis on?
posted by triggerfinger at 4:21 PM on May 1, 2015
posted by triggerfinger at 4:21 PM on May 1, 2015
Within a year. Also got my gender right. Jesus.
posted by ostranenie at 7:52 PM on May 2, 2015
posted by ostranenie at 7:52 PM on May 2, 2015
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