Ravensmash
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Yeah.
I expected this to be some awful filter but this is actually impressive from a tech point of view.
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FaceApp apparently now has race filters. I never got the humor in these.
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Yeah.
I expected this to be some awful filter but this is actually impressive from a tech point of view.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Bottom left looks like he's smiling a bit less than the others
sixteen-bit
Member
Bottom left kinda looks like what I imagine Kamiya to look like in 30 years.
Yeah idk. It's pretty cool, but then of course it's going to be "Post black me on facebook for laughs" and that's pretty damn racist. So...idk. Like, that's CLEARLY going to be the most used part of this, even though in and of itself it's more of a curiosity than anything funny or whatever.
The funny thing is that an example of what you're talking about is how I learned about this.
nicolasacmf
Member
This technology is pretty impressive and I don't see why some people are getting mad over it, but idk, maybe it's a cultural thing? 🤔
It's interesting to see people look slightly different but still recognizable.
I'm a black male seeing myself as Asian or Caucasian is by terms amusing and fascinating as I can see 'me' but I look extremely different
PixelatedBookake
Junior Member
Yeah...no good can come from this.
Funyarinpa
Member
Really easy to use this to be racist, true- but the app itself is perfectly inoffensive IMO.
LifEndz
Member
A must for all "Trump is fucking up" threads going forward
Yep. I don't think there's innately anything funny except when it royally messes up, same with the gender swapping. It is a really cool application of technology.
If someone uses this somehow to make fun of other races and stuff, sure, that's racist.
malingenie
Member
I'm latino so what the hell do I know, but I don't understand what's wrong with racial or ethnic phenotypes? I think it sparks that genuine curiosity about each other and how we would look had we been born to a different family. Is it that you think it's caricaturizing or exaggerating said characteristics?
America, I guess
It needs more options though. We got east Asian and south Asian, but no south east asian.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
When I had people doing this to me for the old/female/etc at the time it was pretty startling how good it looked.
It's stupid but the curiosity factor takes over. What would I look like if I was _____ isn't an outlandish question to ask.
It's stupid but the curiosity factor takes over. What would I look like if I was _____ isn't an outlandish question to ask.
radios shipping overview
Member
Oh my goddddd
Spoiled Milk
Banned
Impressive, yes but.. funny? Or do you mean the botched/jokey examples
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Lmao
Ragnorok64
Member
Again?
Looks the same in all of them haha
What's this you're referring to?
sixteen-bit
Member
Surprised they didn't call this RaceApp tbh
Peotical Injection
Member
Was messing around with it today. The tech is pretty cool. The old me looks grumpy as fuck.
John Rabbit
Banned
Some of the results here aren't half bad looking. Cool tech.
As for racism, well, some people are going to be less than thrilled with the idea especially when white people do it for lulz. Though it's probably better to embrace and own it as a tool than fear it. Hell, you could probably do some cool implicit bias studies with it.
As for racism, well, some people are going to be less than thrilled with the idea especially when white people do it for lulz. Though it's probably better to embrace and own it as a tool than fear it. Hell, you could probably do some cool implicit bias studies with it.
LopezDeLaGuerra
Neo Member
I'm sorry GAF.
Snowybreak
Member
I kinda want to try it, but at the same time I dunno. Fuck it, why not. Never used FaceApp though.
AwakenedCloud
Member
Breh! I almost fell out of my seat at work trying this. It's like they didn't even try to adjust my face and instead copied some random face over mine!
Maintenance
Member
I'm joking, I don't find it funny except those meme guys (old smiling man, nervous man from the 2016 election, etc)
TheQueen'sOwn
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Every version of me looks dorky.
Basically.
lulz stuff tho...thumbs down.
I gave up on snapchat when it couldn't recognize myself and other black friends I have for some filter thing we were doing. It's unfortunately a documented thing.
I think folks are hung up on the idea of the tech being racist and not questioning the use of such tech being problematic. Again, nobody blamed the paint and make up for blackface. The focus was on the person and the reason.
Could the tech be racist itself? I can't say. I think it's cool and tasteless though.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
The humour comes from the intrigue, and mild surprise, in how the computer interprets your facial structure into that of other races. It's nothing more sinister than that - at least I hope not.
I doubt anyone here is saying "haha how dumb do I look as an Asian person".
Unless the results are shit, in which case you're laughing at the poor implementation.
I'm sorry GAF.
Lol look like uncle ruckus
Costanza-san
Banned
Remember Faceapp's "hotness" filter that turned dark skin light?
johancruijff
Banned
I'm sorry GAF.
jfc
Alcotholic
Banned
Here is me
Me more white
Me more masculine
And me smiling
Me more white
Me more masculine
And me smiling
Ragnorok64
Member
I tried it once on myself and immediately uninstalled the app. Then I discovered the joy of using it on celebrities.
Exactly. I'm mixed (half black/half white) and it's interesting/funny to see how this app portrays me as white vs. black. Apparently I have more white facial features because I come out looking the same.
People need to drop this notion of laughter = malice.