Bot Plasters Creepy Smiles On Celebrities' Faces

Bot Plasters Creepy Smiles On Celebrities' Faces

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A machine's idea of happiness is fairly scary.
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Not all Twitter bots are racist - some are genuinely creepy, (but in the very best way). Take @smilevector , an algorithm created by New Zealand neural network researcher Tom White If you submit a photograph of your favourite superstar in a glum or impartial pose, it's going to turn it into a weird, "I just ate a child" type of grin. The bot "uses a generative neural network to add or take away smiles from pictures it finds in the wild" or submitted to its follow checklist, in response to its creator.
It may well additionally wipe the smile off of a topic's face, turning it into a impartial open- or closed-mouth expression. White hasn't stated precisely how it works, but it seems to seek out grin or frown similar to the topic's, then crops, resizes and morphs it. The results are sometimes better when it does not fairly work as planned, as you possibly can see from the choice beneath.
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