Google AI can rate photos based on aesthetic appeal

Some sceneries are lovely because they tug at human feelings, something that machines lack. Different landscapes, desert dunes particularly, appear to be nudes to robot eyes. Google introduced a neural image assessment to discern out the most aesthetically attractive photos.

The assessment uses a deep neural network trained with information labeled by way of the human. It’s been trained to expecting what photographs an ordinary user might rate as technically good-looking or aesthetically appealing.

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A/C to Google, it is able to potentially be used to intelligently photograph edit, increase visual quality, or edit out perceived visual mistakes in a picture. Edits contain recommendations for optimal level of brightness, highlights, and shadows, that is similar to Adobe’s AI tools it showcased back in October.

The Google assessment draws upon reference photos if available, but if not, it uses statistical models to predict photo quality. The intention is to get a pleasant score that will match up to human perception, even though the photo is distorted. Google has determined that the ratings granted by means of the assessment are just like ratings given by way of human raters.

The enterprise hopes that AI may be able to help users sort through the best photographs of many, or provide actual-time feedback on photography. But for now, these models remain in-house as proofs of concept posted in a Cornell research paper.