Tag: artificial intelligence
The wonder of human face matching
April 24th, 2010, 1 Comment
Most people who work in the field of Artificial Intelligence come away with a healthy respect for the miracle of human intelligence. Humans are wonderful at certain kinds of tasks, and trying to make computers do them well is extremely frustrating. I would like to talk today about the ability of humans to recognize faces. [...]
Competing with humans is a thankless job
January 13th, 2010, No Comments
My graduate work was all done in Artificial Intelligence (AI). This is a field which sounds much more interesting than it is, thanks to Hollywood. People think of the Matrix, Terminator, Hal 9000, etc. and imagine scientists on the cusp of creating an intelligence beyond their control. The reality is more like trying to teach [...]
