{"id":752,"date":"2021-11-05T17:49:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T01:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/?p=752"},"modified":"2022-07-16T11:54:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T19:54:36","slug":"facial-recognition-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"Facial recognition software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a good look at this picture of my bathroom sink faucet, and tell me it doesn\u2019t look just like Jar-Jar Binks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jar-Jar-Binks-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-760\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Human brains go out of their way to construct faces where there are none. (Read more on this phenomenon on the link below.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This house is looking at something surprising on its right:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/house-with-big-mouth-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-758\" width=\"514\" height=\"509\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this house has braces, or maybe pretend vampire fangs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/house-with-braces-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-759\" width=\"526\" height=\"598\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best thing about those two houses is they are right across the street from each other, and on sunny days when their windows are open, they look like they might be friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes, on the other hand, we can add an accoutrement or two, and come up with faces that aren\u2019t exactly human. This is Treebeast, and he hangs out in front of my cottage in Virginia and tries to scare people:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tree-beast.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tree-beast.jpg 539w, https:\/\/rightasrainonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tree-beast-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been well established that we do this face-making thing, but I have often wondered why. Is this tendency a holdover from an ancient survival construct? By this I mean that, back during one of the many dog-eat-dog phases of our evolution, being able to visually separate the face of the leopard (or the enemy human) from its hiding place would have been a useful skill indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or, maybe it\u2019s a whimsical-yet-slightly-sad effort to find connections in a lonely world, just one step removed from having imaginary friends. I\u2019ve heard it said that we are all utterly alone within our own skins, and there are days when I utterly believe that. I wonder if Jar-Jar and Treebeast ever feel that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For your further edification:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20140730-why-do-we-see-faces-in-objects\">Neuroscience: why do we see faces in everyday objects? &#8211; BBC Future<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a good look at this picture of my bathroom sink faucet, and tell me it doesn\u2019t look just like Jar-Jar Binks: Human brains go out of their way to construct faces where there are none. (Read more on this phenomenon on the link below.) 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