How we teach computers to understand pictures | Fei Fei Li
When a very young child looks at a picture, she can identify simple elements: "cat," "book," "chair." Now, computers are getting smart enough to do that too. What's next? In a thrilling talk,...
========== Let me show you something. (Video) Girl: Okay, that's a cat
sitting in a bed. The boy is petting the elephant. Those are people
that are going on an airplane. That's a big airplane. Fei-Fei Li: This is
a three-year-old child describing what she sees
in a series of photos. She might still have a lot
to learn about this world, but she's already an expert
at one very important task: to make sense of what she sees. Our society is more
technologically advanced than ever. We send people to the moon,
we make phones that talk to us or customize radio stations
that can play only music we like. Yet, our most advanced
machines and computers still struggle at this task. So I'm here today
to give you a progress report on the latest advances
in ou...