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

(Phys.org) —Are you a hipster, surfer or biker? What is your urban tribe? Your computer may soon be able to tell. Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, 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 nine percent of the time—but researchers would like the algorithm perform at least as well as humans would.

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