Can Facebook Find Jesus in Your Food?

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Has Facebook ever asked you to identify a nonexistent person in a photo?

Having worked on some relatively basic edge recognition software, I have enormous respect for the developers of Facial Recognition Software. In the "hunt for faces," however, it might be time to dial back a bit on the algorithms. In the interim ...

 

Until the software works out a few more issues there will always be the occasional "false positive." Until then, however, why not take advantage of it.

Just upload a scan of your morning toast, English muffin or a digital shot of that grilled cheese sandwich to Facebook before you bite into it. Who knows who you might find hidden in the nooks and crannies.

While the odds of finding the Blessed Mother, Jesus, Elvis or other face with serious eBay value are probably slim, you might discover a relative, classmate or even an infamous criminal.

Who knows, your lunch might come with the next Ten Thousand Dollar face in the Pickle.

Here's What I'm Talking About

This is an enlargement of the "face" that Facebook wanted me to I.D.

What Facebook Found

 

Here is the overall image, with the "found face" in context.

The Position in the Image

The original image.

The Original Image

Example 2

Face I*n the Image What Facebook Found
  The Original Image   What Facebook Found
The Green Giant Perhaps?
 

Now go scan that Spam sandwich -- you could find Abe Lincoln!

Copyright ©2011 by T. S. Eggleston
Updated: May 12, 2011