Re:Show HN: GenderRecognizer- Plain Face Detector and Gender...
by grardb on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @09:49PM
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The name of this program is Gender Recognizer, but it says it attempts to recognize male/female faces. Quick lesson:
Gender: boy, girl, etc. (some cultures have more than two of these[0], and others do not identify with either of those two)
Sex: male and female
In other words, if your goal is to try to determine if someone is XX or XY, "gender" is not the word to use.
Regardless, I would tread lightly with this, because this could presumably be used on pictures of transsexuals and transgender people. Also, incorrect matches for something like this would be very not cool.
Gender: boy, girl, etc. (some cultures have more than two of these[0], and others do not identify with either of those two)
Sex: male and female
In other words, if your goal is to try to determine if someone is XX or XY, "gender" is not the word to use.
Regardless, I would tread lightly with this, because this could presumably be used on pictures of transsexuals and transgender people. Also, incorrect matches for something like this would be very not cool.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_Bugis_society
I have learned one very basic aspect about software project. That was really wonderful. Thank you. :)