Microsoft’s new emotion detection software, Project Oxford, is significantly better than other facial recognition software we’ve seen. Here, it identifies Luke’s (failing) efforts to conceal his sadness with neutrality and only betray the anger, contempt, and disgust that he’d rather project. Now we that we can quantify it, his failure is complete.
While we have no way of knowing whether Luke’s fear led to his anger, maybe we can use the software to answer some other nerd questions. Let’s try this one: how sorry is the Doctor, really?
More “sooooo sorry” than “so sorry,” it appears.
Just how much does Lesley Knope hate Greg Pikitis?
She doesn’t! Note the relatively low contempt and disgust scores. Lesley Knope couldn’t hate a citizen of Pawnee if she tried, and while she gets angry at Pikitis, she, like all heroes, has a secret soft spot for her nemesis. … Unless someone’s messing with the results. PIKITIS!
Is Neil deGrasse Tyson using sarcasm to hide his fear of your badassery?
If he is, he’s doing a great job.
Is Nic Cage an actual human being with identifiable emotions?
As far as humanity’s most advanced technology can tell. And just for good measure:
Exactly what emotion does “badger face” express?
So many.
Or how about, “Just how wooden and unreadable is Keanu?”
As expected, those numbers are all over the place. He has officially stumped the software. Disclaimer: I actually love Keanu. Come at me.
And let’s not forget:
Have other ideas for what the emotion soothsayer can teach us? Want to analyze the fear and anger of every Star Wars character to see who’d make the best Jedi? Show us in the comments!
(via The Next Web)
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