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Are You You? is an educational project by artist and privacy designer Tijmen Schep. The goal is to show how difficult it can be to escape face recognition technology, but do so in a light-hearted way. It was made as part of the Sherpa project, an EU funded research consortium that explores how "Artificial Intelligence" systems could better protect human rights.
This website does not collect any personal data. The face recognition algorithm runs completely locally, in your own browser. No pictures of your face are uploaded anywhere. Period. Also: no cookies and no tracking. Only one thing is stored: the final score, which acts as a viewer count.
The aim of the game is to fool the "AI" into not recognizing you anymore. To win, make funny faces until the meter drops below 50%.
Here are some things you can try:
The goal is to fool the "AI" into not recognizing you anymore. To win, make funny faces until the meter drops below 50%.
Here are some things you can try:
Next to the faces are "face prints" - like a fingerprint for faces.
According to the face recognition algorithm these photos look the least like you
Level 1 | 0 | Bad |
Level 2 | 0 | Bad |
Level 3 | 0 | Fail |
Beat the system bonus | 0 | #reality |
TOTAL |
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Are You You? was developed by artist Tijmen Schep as part of the Sherpa project. Sherpa is an EU funded research consortium that explores how AI systems could better protect human rights.
If face recognition technology is making you raise an eyebrow, then visit Reclaim Your Face to learn how you can make your voice heard.
If you enjoyed this, you might also want to visit How Normal Am I?, an interactive documentary about face recognition technology.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under grant agreement No 786641. Special thanks to EDRI, Privacy International and Bits of Freedom.