First came the ‘gender-swap’ app, which was the AR lens on Snapchat that lets you change your appearance to include facial features that are traditionally considered male or female.

It went viral, people used it to create fake Tinder profiles, and we all had a go in the office on a Friday afternoon.

Oh, how we laughed and laughed.

Then, as is the way of all things social media, everyone moved on.

Except for FaceApp, who noticed the potential for that particular market trend and created their own filter. This one, however, doesn’t change your gender, it ages you.

Over to Mashable:

FaceApp’s trending new aging filter has people comparing AI-aged photos of themselves with their parents’ photos. Using neural networks, the app guesses where you’ll wrinkle, where your hairline will recede to, and what parts of your face will sag over the years.

I’m not entirely sure I want to know all of these things. Ignorance is bliss.

Anyway, if you’re worried about what FaceApp is doing with your photos, you’re not alone. You can read about those privacy issues here.

These Twitter users aren’t bothered, though. They tried the app, and discovered an uncanny resemblance to their parents:

It appears that female users are less keen to draw comparisons between themselves and their mothers.

We feel you.

[source:mashable]