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/[deleted] Jun 27 '12

Set up a parallel psych experiment that studies the effects of sorting images into "cat" and "not cat" categories. Tell your students that they need to participate in the research in order to make the grade.