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Linkerbaan ,
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The Lena image is (was?) featured quite prominently in the OpenCV docs and tutorials. Kinda weird it only now goes noticed.

kaffiene ,

It’s been noticed for ages. This is not the first time the issue has been discussed

Kelly ,

In a 1999 essay on reasons for the male predominance in computer science, applied mathematician Dianne P. O’Leary wrote: .

Suggestive pictures used in lectures on image processing … convey the message that the lecturer caters to the males only. For example, it is amazing that the “Lena” pin-up image is still used as an example in courses and published as a test image in journals today.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna#Criticism

That’s 25 years ago…

Sylvartas ,

It’s been banned from Nature for a while now

Kazumara ,

Huh I had no idea!

I’m pretty sure I compressed that image in our computer vision class with some alogrithm we implemented for exercise. I though that was just some artsy over the shoulder picture, but seeing the full version the shoulder does seems supicious in hindsight.

arin ,

In art class it’s not uncommon to hire nude models to pose like Lena. Nothing suspicious except fuckin Christians imposing their prudishm

autotldr Bot ,

This is the best summary I could come up with:

On Wednesday, the IEEE Computer Society announced to members that, after April 1, it would no longer accept papers that include a frequently used image of a 1972 Playboy model named Lena Forsén.

An uncropped version of the 512×512-pixel test image originally appeared as the centerfold picture for the December 1972 issue of Playboy Magazine.

In 1997, Playboy helped track down Forsén, who appeared at the 50th Annual Conference of the Society for Imaging Science in Technology, signing autographs for fans.

It is also a sexually suggestive photo of an attractive woman, and its use by men in the computer field has garnered criticism over the decades, especially from female scientists and engineers who felt that the image (especially related to its association with the Playboy brand) objectified women and created an academic climate where they did not feel entirely welcome.

The comp.compression Usenet newsgroup FAQ document claims that in 1988, a Swedish publication asked Forsén if she minded her image being used in computer science, and she was reportedly pleasantly amused.

In a 2019 Wired article, Linda Kinstler wrote that Forsén did not harbor resentment about the image, but she regretted that she wasn’t paid better for it originally.

The original article contains 732 words, the summary contains 200 words. Saved 73%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

KingThrillgore ,
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

Good. Sick and tired of seeing Lena.

theherk ,

I mean, since she wants the usage retired, I’m all for it. But even she is proud of the picture, and I’m definitely not sick of seeing it, few times though I have.

driving_crooner ,
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First learned about that image on this video youtu.be/yCdwm2vo09I

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