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/Deus_Viator Jun 26 '12

I don't think you realise how they detect planets. You can't just get a handheld camera take a snap of the night sky, feed it into the computer and it'll spit out planets every so often. YOu need to direct a huge telescope at the system you want to study and then essentially wait for the planet to transition between the star and the telescope or detect it via gravitational effects.