So I was milling around on WordPress today, reading random blogs, and I came across this interesting entry by Cathy at ‘Of Making Sense’. She writes about Google’s new image search, where you can start a search by linking or uploading a picture, and the results will come up with a list of visually similar images. I hadn’t noticed this fancy new feature before, so of course I had to try it out.
Here is what Google came up with when I uploaded a photo of myself…
Yes that’s right! Your eyes do not deceive you – Google thinks I look like Penelope Cruz! I also apparently look like various different men, a cupboard full of cables, and a dog. But hey – you win some, you lose some. My personal favourite in this series of results was this fella:
To be fair to Google, I can see how this photo is visually similar to mine in that he is holding his right hand up to his face, just as I am – that, and the one huge, bulging eye that we’re both sporting, and the beard.
The fun wasn’t over yet. I uploaded another photo to see if I had any more man/dog lookalikes out there. And yes, even with a different photo, it turns out I still carry a similarity to a greying, bearded bassoonist – though I feel the two children that came up in this search somewhat work to lower my score on the wrinkle counter (that’s how it works, right?).
But there was one thing that slightly worried me about this second set of results – I think by now you’ve probably spotted it.
Interesting.
And so naturally, having discovered my likeness not only to the Cruz (hope people don’t start mistaking her for me – that would be embarrassing for her) but also to the fine ladies and gentlemen (and canine) above, I have decided to grow my beard out, start wearing nothing but silver underwear and a pink feather boa, take up the bassoon, and just bark and lick myself instead of talking. See if people notice a difference.
Haha. Isn’t it funny? By the way, I envy your clear screenshots. Mine tends to be always blurred π¦
It’s great π your screenshots didn’t seem too blurred to me =] if you’re saving them as jpegs maybe you need to make sure that they’re not too compressed, that might help?
HAHAHA that’s so funny π π π
glad you enjoyed! you should try it out for yourself π
This made me laugh out loud! I think I’ll just give it a go and see what results Google fishes out for me…
I hope your results cause as much laughter as mine did! Thanks for visiting my blog π
Hilarious! I can’t wait to try it.
I haven’t dared to try this with Google. I have a Mac, and iPhoto has a face recognition feature. When it pulled up a pic of my dog and another one of my mother-in-law, I decided for the sake of my computer and my self-esteem that cataloguing the Faces in my pictures was no longer a healthy way to spend my time.
haha, fair enough! you never know though, maybe google will match you with someone dazzlingly good-looking and famous π
You’re hilarious. I gotta try this out…
Very Cool! I’m trying this out!
Ha! this is great. It said I look like several different sports cars, a ship, a water tower and two bikini models. What the hell!? I was hoping for at least one Elvis. Or at least something cool.
paha! I say keep trying with different photos until you get a match for elvis π
Okay, some of these make sense even though they don’t “look” like you… but some don’t even make sense! A dog? Skulls? Huh? But I totally have to try it, lol!
Thanks for dropping by my blog earlier!
weird, isn’t it? π let me know if you get any funny results!
Ha! I’m going to have to try this out!
This is hilarious! I’m going to do this later and see what it comes up with for me.
I tried it again yesterday and got Albert Einstein and Michael Jackson….hmmmm!
Apparently, I look like an office plant.
P.S. Even with the long beard, one eye, and aversion to clothing, you’re pretty hilarious…
haha, I’m so glad you think so π
This is hysterical. I apparently look like an asian man. Or asian woman. But definitely asian. lol
Google never lies! π
Thanks for making me laugh out loud at work, they’re all great but a cupboard full of cables is giving me the most giggles for some reason?!
haha, glad to hear I brought a bit of humour to your day! you should try it out yourself and see what you get π