Many individuals took the 10 year challenge on social media. A game where you posted two pictures of yourself, one from today and one from ten years ago.
Well, the challenge may have been fun to share with friends and family, but what was going on behind the scene?
Many people in the industry suspected this was an easy way for technology companies to test and add data to their facial recognition algorithms.
When it comes to machine learning – the more data the more accurate the outcome. This challenge gave the backend systems data to predict what someones appearance will be like in the future. The algorithms will intercept the data and utilize it to understand how humans age.