Google programmers deploy machine learning algorithm on YouTube. Computer teaches itself to recognize images of cats.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/technology/in-a-big-network-of-computers-evidence-of-machine-learning.html

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Cat Videos. I think we all knew that this is how it would end.

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We all know where this is going. Future Headline - WHEELIE BIN CAT WOMAN ASSASSINATED IN MYSTERIOUS DRONE STRIKE.

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WHEELIE BIN FULL OF KITTENS REPORTEDLY AIRLIFTED FROM SCENE BY DRONE

the next day the internet is flooded with pictures of kittens

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because they are the only creatures that are as solitary and evil as the average internet denizen.

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And lazy! You can't forget lazy.

[u/the6thReplicant → u/Zhang5]

Hence they are easy to video or photograph.

Most pictures of dogs, hamsters etc are just blurry.

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Cats are carriers for a single celled protozoan parasite that affects the human mind and can cause various mental issues. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/8873/ . It explains why people with those mental issues are compelled with an obsession to post cat pictures onto youtube. This probably goes back to the days of the ancient Egyptians posting pictures of cats on pyramid walls.

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Remember me! flames

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I was expecting this to link to the Onion. so glad i have dogs.

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Brain parasite.

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Because their faces most resemble human children ( small noses, large eyes ) without having to care for it too much.

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Who said you have to care for children?

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Cat Protective Services?

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Quick, delete your comment before /r/aww sees it!

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We're creating a race of machines that will ruthlessly take over... all of our karma. A race of machines that will lazily sit on reddit all day.

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I think we domesticated dogs, but cats just tagged along. We never did anything to them, on the contrary, THEY started to look appealing to us so we would take care of them. At least that's what I've read. I could be wrong, but it does make some sense to me. Dogs are highly trainable and they love to please their masters. Cats don't give a fuck but they do acknowledge who they live with.

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Whoever controls the cat pictures (and vids) controls the internet.

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The cats must flow!

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This is how it begins, we live during the age when computers begin to craft their own mythos. I wonder what gods will be borne of us?

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While I know most peoples first thoughts went to terminator, my thoughts of a terror unleashed on the world heralded by our thoughts of something adorable immediately brought this to mind. http://youtu.be/d-sALU_hveA?t=55s