Artificial intelligence reads your mind and draws the person you would be most attracted to

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers at the University of Helsinki and the University of Copenhagen were investigating whether a computer could identify facial features that a person would find attractive. Like the popular dating app, users would indicate when they found a face created by the generative adversarial neural network - although rather than swiping left or right, they would have to pay attention to the face while their brain’s response was collected by monitoring electrical signals via an electroencephalograph. open image in gallery A computer created facial images that appealed to individual preferences “The study demonstrates that we are capable of generating images that match personal preference by connecting an artificial neural network to brain responses. By bringing in brain responses to the mix, we show it is possible to detect and generate images based on psychological properties, like personal taste.” The study may allow computers to learn and understand subjective preferences, which could eventually build into studying other topics such as perception and decision-making - as well as spotting stereotypes or implicit bias.