Face Recognition That Is Just Wrong On So Many Levels

So after reading this post by Scott Hanselman, I just had to try it out. He writes about a site called MyHeritage that attempts to match your face to celebrities and relatives.

I thought I might have interesting results since I am bi-racial, but wasn’t expecting much. Here is the photo I uploaded and the two closest look alikes.

Portrait of Me
Look Alikes

Now that is just plain rude! Dare I play the race card here? Just because I am half-Korean with glasses doesn’t mean I look like Kim Jong Il! We don’t all look alike!

In a way they were accurate about my heritage, by having the top two results be a caucasian and a Korean.

Now if you’ll excuse me, the Great Leader wishes to get back to work on some interesting code.

What others have said

Requesting Gravatar... Jon Galloway Feb 08, 2006 5:28 PM
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My closest matches would make for an awkward: Frank Oz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Gates, and Eddie Murphy.
Requesting Gravatar... Haacked Feb 08, 2006 6:08 PM
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Just so y'all know, I tried another image and the top match was a younger Pierce Brosnan. I can live with that comparison.

Scott H mentioned in an email that this appears to be doing shape recognition more than face recognition. Apparently so!
Requesting Gravatar... gary Feb 08, 2006 10:25 PM
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i got yoko, ang lee, fidel castro and christina ricci
Requesting Gravatar... Jeremy Feb 08, 2006 11:37 PM
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I got Zsolt Baumgartner, whoever that is, and my wife got Elisha Cuthbert, the hot chick from 24. Sweet!
Requesting Gravatar... Jeremy Feb 08, 2006 11:47 PM
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Oh, and apparently my 3 year old son looks like Katie Holmes. I gotta get that kid into sports or something!
Requesting Gravatar... Brian Feb 10, 2006 12:54 AM
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hahahahahahhhaha Kim Jong Il
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Requesting Gravatar... Lars Wilhelmsen Feb 10, 2006 6:51 AM
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Tips: Try with a picture where you're not wearing your glasses...

--larsw
Requesting Gravatar... Candace Jan 22, 2007 11:45 AM
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Hah sorry dude but you do kinda look like Kim Jong Il anyways, even if you didn't have the glasses... at least in that picture :p

I think if your head hadn't been tilted back there wouldn't be much of a resemblance though, the thing just measures distances and basic shapes, like the sweep of the eyebrows and whatnot...

I got Linda Carter from one picture, and Moby from another lol
Requesting Gravatar... AcidBurn Mar 07, 2007 12:06 PM
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Hey i liked what i get!!! Angelina Jolie come on i can't bet that
Requesting Gravatar... Tash Jan 12, 2009 10:21 AM
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Hey my closest match was Jessica Alba, not bad....

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