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> I would not be surprised if a face recognition NN worked better on Europeans rather than Chinese, for the prima facie reason that they have more variable faci
by rmc 10y ago
> I would not be surprised if a face recognition NN worked better on Europeans rather than Chinese, for the prima facie reason that they have more variable facial features and other aspects like multiple hair colors other than black
To people who are used to them. i.e. to you.
I'm Irish, and can tell many Irish accents apart. But I've had people from England not being able to hear the difference between Irish accents, thinking they all just sounded Irish.
I've literally been in a group of Europeans in Africa, and Africans mixing up several of the women there, because they were all relatively tall, slim build, with longish straight brown hair.
- gotchange 10y agoThat's a classical example of «Outgroup Homogeneity» [1] and I'm surprised that some people are still making these arguments to support their claims. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-group_homogeneity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-group_homogeneity
- Chris2048 10y agoIt's not a classic example until you can establish that it's an example.
- Chris2048 10y agoThis only means it's hard to judge manually.