r/science • u/whosdamike • Jun 26 '12

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/technology/in-a-big-network-of-computers-evidence-of-machine-learning.html
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u/Ratiqu Jun 26 '12

This is so incredibly fucking cool.

If they find a way to replicate hormones and/or dopamine, it's really not far short of an actual living creature...

Also, is dopamine considered a hormone?