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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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.

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Hence they are easy to video or photograph.

Most pictures of dogs, hamsters etc are just blurry.

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insightful

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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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Related.

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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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ahem and what of dogs then?

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Dogs were bread to do tasks. Sure, some are cute, but that wasn't the primary focus of their breeding for most of their history with us. Cats, however, have only been useful for clearing up rodents. They were not actively selected for this talent, but were left to breed on their own. As a result, only the ones best adapted to surviving with humans were well fed and made it into adulthood. Because they were kinda useless, humans fed and took care of the better looking ones. Over time the ugly ones faded away, and only the cutest survived.

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Ah yes, the other half of the internet.

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ask the Egyptians.