Google's AI software is learning what makes a good photo

Would you want your phone to tell you what makes a pretty picture? Google's latest neural image assessment system (NIMA) is using AI to scan all the pictures you took on your phone for quality and then help choose the most attractive ones. The system uses deep convolutional neural networks, a type of computing system that replicates the biological networks in the brain, to scan phone photos for both technical and aesthetic elements. Google hopes to develop the system as app to suggest improvements such as tweaks to brightness and contrast in real time, and even offer tips to improve the framing and'aesthetic beauty and emotional appeal' of images. The photos are rated based on data from human judges ranked as a good image in various photo contests.