Accelerando: once you teach a computer to see, it can teach itself to hear

[doctorow]

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/12/05/accelerando-once-you-teach-a.html

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[TheGreatParis]

Dave, although you took very thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.

[themadpoet]

It’s all fun and games until the Lobsters want passage off the planet.

[anon27007144]

So now they can see and hear us. What happens when they teach themselves to taste us?

[DukeTrout]

They retract all the way to 8 bit in disgust?

[nimelennar]

@anon27007144

What happens when they teach themselves to taste us?

It's the smell.

[brenbart]

…and if you teach it to make muffins it will teach itself to…

(Wow, that was a lot funnier in my head.)

[Mark_Mullin]

The term “unlabeled” is the really impressive part - too much of machine learning work is the Pareto principle - 20% actually interesting, 80% more &&()&%$ labels the stupid thing wants