Why Artificial Intelligence Might Call an Astronaut a Shovel


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By Corrie Pikul-BrownWhy is it that artificial intelligence systems can outperform humans on some visual tasks, like facial recognition, but make egregious errors on others—such as classifying an image of an astronaut as a shovel? Like the human brain, AI systems rely on strategies for processing and classifying images. And like the human brain, little is known about the precise nature of those processes. Using the website, one can see that AI system’s concept of a tench includes sets of fish fins, heads, tails, eyeballs, and more. Become a supporter and enjoy The Good Men Project ad freeQ: What can AI vision systems teach us about human vision systems?