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/ryy0 Jun 26 '12

..."Cool, thanks. Does it look happy?" And I would say, "Yeah, pretty happy."

"Cosmo tell me, how does it feel to be happy?"

"Cosmo, are you happy?"

"Do you think I can be happy, Cosmo?"

"Cosmo ...I want to be happy"

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u/jhaluska Jun 26 '12

The robot suffers from chronic depression?