In the future it may be possible to predict what kind of faces we find attractive.
Science Alert sums it up best:
“They say beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, but in actuality, it goes far deeper than that.
The concept of physical beauty resides in the mind, defined by whatever features we find attractive in other people’s faces. These subtle preferences represent some of our most private inner thoughts – but that doesn’t mean they can’t be monitored, and perhaps even predicted
In a new study, researchers used electroencephalography (EEG) measurements to identify what kind of facial features people found to be attractive, and then fed the results to an artificial intelligence (AI) program.
The machine learning system – termed a generative adversarial neural network (GAN) – was first able to familiarize itself with what sorts of faces individual people found desirable, and then fabricate entirely new ones specifically designed to please: tailored visions of synthesized beauty, as unattainable as they were perfect.”
Admittedly using AI to create Deep Fakes of aesthetically pleasing people who aren’t real is a little bit creepy. But what if this same technology could be used in conjunction with a dating app to help match us with the man or woman of our dreams?! Or at least make us more aware of what we like or don’t like so that we can better inform our conscious selves of what to look for.
But then again I don’t need any help predicting what kind of face I find attractive. I’ve already figured it out!
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