Re:Automating Tinder with Eigenfaces
by jareds on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @08:38AM
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If I were single I would be using this. I'm totally blind so Tinder has never been useful to me. I don't know how well it would work but I could see having my friends help me train it by describing pictures to me. I was never a big fan of the like absolutely everyone option, I felt like it would be hard to start a conversation. "Why did you like me?" "The algorithm I use to make up for the fact that I can't see your picture decided I should like you." would at least be a unique way to start a conversation.
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What photo would you seed the algorithm with? As in, do you have a preference for facial features? a Tinder for the blind population would be pretty awesome.
If everyone was forced to take a 3d photograph (MS kinect scan maybe?), the algorithm would work even better.
Its just as arbitrary as "why do you like me?" "we happened to be in the same bar, which is randomness+a bit of factors based on our personalities" just because a computer is not causing you to randomly meetup at say a party, bar, concert doesn't mean its more or less based on randomness + a few factors based on your personality, location, age, etc (more or less what dating sites use)