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# New Tech Can Read Your Gender In Just 25×25 Pixels
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/new-tech-can-read-your-gender-in-just-25-pixels/
- Published: 2011-04-19T13:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:55:32.000Z
- Description: 8-bit crimes will be a thing of the past! The device is a video camera that allows a face detector to capture a 25×25 pixel cropped face image. A mask is then applied to remove the background and the image is then passed on to a classifier which outputs the gender of the person. It is interesting to
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

![](http://killscreendaily.com/includes/img/focus-areas/pixel_face_man_1.jpg)

8-bit crimes will be a thing of the past!

> The device is a video camera that allows a face detector to capture a 25×25 pixel cropped face image. A mask is then applied to remove the background and the image is then passed on to a classifier which outputs the gender of the person.  
>  
> It is interesting to note that this is proof that a 25×25 pixel image contains enough information to determine gender.

([via](http://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/2240-ai-gender-detector.html?ref=killscreen.com), [img](http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicebartlett/?ref=killscreen.com))