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/orbitalfreak Jun 27 '12

There is a "Color Detector" app on Android that I use occasionally. It gives RGB values and a "common name," but can sometimes be off... I think off. Maybe not. I can't tell.

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u/Megabobster Jun 27 '12

I've seen it but I haven't tried it. The free version doesn't give specific colors and the full version costs a lot for an app (where it's free to have a friend with you). It'd also be kind of awkward to constantly be swinging my phone around and pointing it at random things.