One of the Funniest AI Photos Fails We've Ever Seen

Technology is getting really smart, so much so that it often intuits what we want before we even tell it. Such is the case with Google Photos, which will do things like create panoramas out of images it detects were taken near each other. Sometimes, the AI isn't as smart as it needs to be, however, and you end up with hilarious results.

Alex Harker was skiing with friends in Banff, Alberta, when he stopped to take a few shots with his Android smartphone, two of which were just the snowy scene and one of which included his friend, Matt, and his wife, as you can see below.

As you can see, the images are definitely taken from left to right; the only problem is his two friends are in the middle shot. That wasn't a problem for Google's automatic panorama-stitching AI, however, as it did what any logical person or machine would do: it kept Matt at the stitch point, turning him into some sort of ski hill giant, staring out over the trees at anyone who dared to set foot on his slopes. Harker was surprised when he opened his phone to see this waiting for him:

Here's the final product in all its glory:

As far as photo fails go, this is one of the funniest I've seen. Obviously, I want to hear your best captions in the comments. 

All images used with permission of Alex Harker.

[via PetaPixel]