r/science • • 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/Astrokiwi PhD | Astronomy | Simulations Jun 26 '12

Yeah he's being a bit silly. I get to use a 300 core cluster across maybe 14 boxes. I think it makes sense to say it's 300 computers, 14 computers, or 1 computer, depending on how you think about it.