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ScienceDaily: Computers and Internet News

ScienceDaily: Computers and Internet News


Hipster, surfer or biker? Computers may soon be able to tell the difference

Posted: 11 Dec 2013 10:19 AM PST

Are you a hipster, surfer or biker? What is your urban tribe? Your computer may soon be able to tell. Computer scientists are developing an algorithm that uses group pictures to determine to which of these groups, or urban tribes, you belong. So far, the algorithm is 48 percent accurate on average. That's better than chance -- which gets answers right only 9 percent of the time.

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