Caffeinemessiah writes "The New York Times has an interesting story on a new algorithm by researchers from Tel Aviv health center that modifies a facial picture of a person to conform to right of attractiveness. Based on a digital library of picture show of people who have been judged 'attractive,' the algorithm finds the nearest match and modifies an input picture so it conforms to the 'attractive' person's proportions. The trick, however, is that the resultant photoplay are still recognizable as the foundational person. Here's a quick link to a deputy picture of the process. Note that this is a machine-learning coming to picture modification, not a characterization of beauty, and could just as easily be used to make a person less attractive." Note: As reader Trent Waddington points out, the underlying inquiry was be be featured in an earlier story as well.

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