{"id":1616,"date":"2026-02-15T19:39:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:26:24","slug":"its-a-face-eat-face-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/symposium\/its-a-face-eat-face-world-2\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a Face-eat-face World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/talk_Sheung-Yiu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/talk_Sheung-Yiu.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/talk_Sheung-Yiu-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/talk_Sheung-Yiu-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aksioma.org\/becomingimage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/talk_Sheung-Yiu-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentation will begin with a brief history of facial recognition to synthetic facial data, preceded by a screening of the 11-minute video essay, <em>It&#8217;s a Face-eat-face World<\/em>. 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