Microsoft unveiled its #HowOldRobot last week, a service that instantly guesses the age and gender of anyone in any photo you upload. As you can imagine, people had a lot of fun with it. But we are nothing if not scientists at UPROXX Music; we’re interested less in jokes and more in how accurate this damn thing is. So we tested it out on some prominent musicians.
Justin Bieber
Real Gender: Male | Real Age: 21
Nailed it.
Jon Bon Jovi
Real Gender: Male | Real Age: 53
Not bad at all, though we wouldn’t have been surprised if #HowOldRobot guessed 30. Look at that handsome face. Look at those steely eyes.
Ed Sheeran
Real Gender: Male | Real Age: 24
I had no idea age and gender even applied to hobbits, tbh.
Pharrell Williams
Real Gender: Male | Real Age: 42
Ha! You can fool us mortal humans with your age-defying appearance, Pharrell, but you can’t fool #HowOldRobot.
Taylor Swift
Real Gender: Female | Real Age: 25
Where do you think the album name 1989 came from, #HowOldRobot?
Kendrick Lamar
Real Gender: Male | Real Age: 27
Perhaps the pressure of following up good kid, m.A.A.d city added some stress lines to Kendrick’s face?
Dave Grohl
Real Gender: Male | Real Age: 46
Hey, the rock n’ roll lifestyle ages everyone a little more quickly.
Gwen Stefani
Real Gender: Female | Real Age: 45
Definitive proof that Gwen Stefani is a goddess we should all worship and treasure.
Steven Tyler
Real Gender: Male, supposedly | Real Age: 67
OK, this is where I begin to call shenanigans. That mustache may fool a bot, but it can’t fool me — Steven Tyler is clearly a 400-year-old piratess.
Madonna
Real Gender: Female | Real Age: 56
Nope. Let’s move on before Madonna hears her name in passing and does something desperate for attention.
Ariana Grande
Real Gender: Female | Real Age: 21
Do you know anything about Ariana Grande, #HowOldRobot? First of all, she’s clearly a middle-school cheerleader. Second of all, she will literally hiss napalm at you for adding 11 years to her age.
Bruno Mars
Real Gender: Male | Real Age: 29
Go home, #HowOldRobot, you’re drunk.
Tyler, the Creator
Real Gender: Male | Real Age: 24
¯\_(ツ)_/¯