Microsoft and Its Don Quixotesque Deep Learning
July 15, 2014
I know that artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, digital brains, and the other next generation technology will revolutionize search and then everything. I will be pushing up daisies when the future arrives.
I just read “Microsoft Research Reveals Project Adam, A New Deep-Learning System That Trumps Google Brain.” Maybe the future is here. Even though I have a Windows Lumia 925, I don’t have the Windows 8.1 update. I can’t control the colors of the nifty yet obscure icons. I can’t reliably access my email. Yep, the future of Project Adam awaits me.
Wired Magazine, on the other hand, is excited:
Microsoft even brought dogs on to the stage and demoed the system in which the mobile camera recognized the dog breed when pointed at the dog.
I need to do this with my mobile phone.
Here’s another passage I liked:
Lee believes Adam could be part of what he calls an “ultimate machine intelligence,” something that could function in ways that are closer to how we humans handle different types of modalities—like speech, vision, and text—all at once. The road to that kind of technology is long—people have been working towards it since the 50s—but we’re certainly getting closer.
Yep, closer. I am looking forward to news releases and demonstrations from Microsoft’s many competitors. For me, I will be happy with a 925 upgrade that improves the rocket science of getting an email message.
Stephen E Arnold, July 15, 2014
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