FaceApp: How Does it Work?

July 18, 2019 | Alyssa Y

So, you've downloaded FaceApp and learned that you're going to look very suave when you're older. But just how does FaceApp magically age you so accurately?

FaceApp uses a type of artificial intelligence and machine learning called an artificial neural network. Investigate a little more about artificial intelligence and the latest in technology with some of these fiction and non-fiction titles (no technical background required!):

Fiction

Plum rains by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Also available in: e-audiobook
Machines like me : and people like you by Ian McEwan
Also available in: e-book

Non-Fiction

The dawn of the code war : America's battle against Russia, China, and the rising global cyber threat by John P. Carlin
Also available in: e-audiobook
Life 3.0 [electronic resource] : being human in the age of artificial intelligence by Max Tegmark
Conscious : a brief guide to the fundamental mystery of the mind by Annaka Harris
Possible minds : twenty-five ways of looking at AI
A human's guide to machine intelligence : how algorithms are shaping our lives and how we can stay in control by Kartik Hosanagar
The future of humanity : terraforming Mars, interstellar travel, immortality, and our destiny beyond Earth by Michio Kaku
Also available in: e-book
The fourth age : smart robots, conscious computers, and the future of humanity by Byron Reese
Artificial unintelligence : how computers misunderstand the world [electronic resource] by Meredith Broussard
The deep learning revolution [electronic resource] by Terrence J. Sejnowski