Xerox makes first software art critic to make fun of your photos
Dan Seitz Art is an endlessly subjective topic, which is good for people who don’t want real jobs, because then they can call themselves an artist and sell random junk at craft fairs for a living. But Xerox is coming to ruin all the fun and make it objective, with, what else, software! Software that criticizes your photos!
The software, called the “Aesthetic Quality Image Search”, is designed around different types of photos: portraits, landscapes, action, and so on. For now, it’s just a website that lets pull down a drop-down menu, but Xerox has big plans for this software.
Basically, imagine a cell phone camera that told you your framing sucked and that you needed to move the camera an inch of so to the left. Or a cheapie digital camera that automatically tweaked its settings so you got the best image possible. Or an advanced DSLR camera that sorts through hundreds of shots automatically and only coughs up the best ones.
How far away is this from being integrated into actual cameras or computers? A little while, honestly. They still have to nail down a few things, like compressing the software, and also, camera manufacturers have to decide whether or not they really want to tell their customers how terrible they actually are at taking pictures.
Also, they have to consider whether integrating this would create a noxious flood of self-righteous hipsters attempting to blame digital media for their own artistic shortcomings by insisting film is somehow better. Oh, wait, no, we already have that.
XRCE Aesthetic Quality Search Engine [Xerox]
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