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how do these nudity detection API work? Is there a crowdsourcing going underneath the hood? Are they using some clustering algorithm to detect a range of skin c
by notastartup 13y ago
how do these nudity detection API work? Is there a crowdsourcing going underneath the hood? Are they using some clustering algorithm to detect a range of skin color (if 90%), it's nude.
- saurik 13y agoIf you click the text "An Algorithm for Nudity Detection [pdf]", that's actually a link.
- organelle 13y agoProtip: If you film pornography in black and white, there is no such thing as "skin color." If you remap the palette for a desaturated image, so that everyone's skin is green or magenta, are there any fewer penises penetrating vaginas in the image? If it's a horse and a fully clothed person's mouth, where is the algorithm for that? Think about it.
- EpicEng 13y agoHow many pornography images do you see on the internet that are taken in black and white? How many are modified so that the people involved look like the hulk? An algorithm like this does not need to be 100% bulletproof in every situation imaginable, it just needs to work most of the time. Think about it.
- cmelbye 13y agoThe link that you just commented on answers your question in literally the best way possible, it's an academic paper on an algorithm used for this.
- laumars 13y agoTo be fair, he may have tried that. The site is completely unusable on a phone as it seems to make assumptions about the minimum screen resolution and doesn't allow you to zoom out like most desktop sites on a mobile screen do. In fact it's one of the most poorly designed sites I've stumbled upon in a long time in that regard (which is a great pity as the content looked interesting)