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Re:Facial recognition service becomes a weapon against Russi... by amelius on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @01:12PM (#11582342)
I have this theory that the more beautiful people are, the more likely they are to have a look-alike. So given that these actresses are beautiful, this algorithm will probably generate a lot of false-positives.
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Re:Facial recognition service becomes a weapon against Russi... by amelius on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @04:03PM (#11584041)
The theory is actually quite intuitive, and you can apply it, for example, to flowers. The chances of finding two flowers that look the same are much higher if the flowers are beautiful than if they are not.
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