Wednesday, June 3, 2015

[Avid-L2] OT: Facial Recognition Facebook Algorithm?

 

Looking at some pix my daughter posted of her graduation on FaceBook I was going to tag her name on a group shot.  When I went to tag the name in FaceBook the only option I seem to get is to tag myself.  I'm no FB master but is this an indication that the FaceBook facial recognition algorithm/process is detecting a facial similarity between myself and my daughter?  Perhaps it's my lack of understanding of the tagging options/functions on FB but it seems my only choice is to tag her face with my identity.  Others in the shot will let me type in a name.  Is this strictly based on facial recognition or does FB use other metadata like a similar last name to make facial recognition guesses?

I guess it makes sense we have similar features but there's no way we look that much alike, insert joke hear.  I guess I should just be glad Facebook isn't suggesting the FedEx guy.  ;-)
 
John Moore
Barking Trout Productions
Studio City, CA
bigfish@pacbell.net

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