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Facebook can use AI to open your eyes in blinking selfies
Facebook will do whatever it takes to encourage you to share more content — even, it turns out, using artificial intelligence to salvage photographs marred by an accidental blink.
In a research paper published this week, a pair of Facebook engineers describe a new method that uses machine learning to retouch closed eyes in photos. The method is just at the research stage at this point, but while there’s no guarantee Facebook will ever introduce such a feature into its website or apps, that does seem like a strong possibility. As the researchers note, there are already plenty of photo retouching tools that can remove red eyes or smooth out blemishes, so why isn’t there one that solves the problem of accidental blinks?
The system works by using a machine learning method called a generative adversarial network, or GAN. This is a technique that has proved particularly adept at generating imagery, and it has already been put to work creating fake celebrities, changing the weather in videos, and even designing clothes. Blinking is no challenge at all.
Facebook will do whatever it takes to encourage you to share more content — even, it turns out, using artificial intelligence to salvage photographs marred by an accidental blink.
In a research paper published this week, a pair of Facebook engineers describe a new method that uses machine learning to retouch closed eyes in photos. The method is just at the research stage at this point, but while there’s no guarantee Facebook will ever introduce such a feature into its website or apps, that does seem like a strong possibility. As the researchers note, there are already plenty of photo retouching tools that can remove red eyes or smooth out blemishes, so why isn’t there one that solves the problem of accidental blinks?
The system works by using a machine learning method called a generative adversarial network, or GAN. This is a technique that has proved particularly adept at generating imagery, and it has already been put to work creating fake celebrities, changing the weather in videos, and even designing clothes. Blinking is no challenge at all.