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[โ€“] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

https://xkcd.com/1425

Alt text: In the 60s, Marvin Minsky assigned a couple of undergrads to spend the summer programming a computer to use a camera to identify objects in a scene. He figured they'd have the problem solved by the end of the summer. Half a century later, we're still working on it.

Edit: seems I'm the third person to comment this! :')

[โ€“] boonhet@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

I love how this is actually an example of progress. These days, ML can be used for this kinda thing and it's not too bad at it even.

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