Culture-to-Culture Image Translation and User Evaluation [article]

Giulia Zaino, Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto, Antonio Sgorbissa
2023 arXiv   pre-print
The article introduces the concept of image "culturization," i.e., defined as the process of altering the "brushstroke of cultural features" that make objects perceived as belonging to a given culture while preserving their functionalities. First, we defined a pipeline for translating objects' images from a source to a target cultural domain based on state-of-the-art Generative Adversarial Networks. Then, we gathered data through an online questionnaire to test four hypotheses concerning the
more » ... act of images belonging to different cultural domains on Italian participants. As expected, results depend on individual tastes and preferences: however, they align with our conjecture that some people, during the interaction with an intelligent system, will prefer to be shown images modified to match their cultural background.
arXiv:2201.01565v5 fatcat:phdpgyqhdbeexah3nc26f5idpq