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BEFORE NOW, ROBOTS were either programmed to carry out tasks or taught what to do through learning algorithms, but in the future, they may just learn what to do from the internet instead.
Robo Brain is a large-scale computational system that learns from publicly available resources from the internet. The system was developed by researchers at Cornell, Stanford and Brown universities and the University of California, Berkeley.
According to Phys.org, the system is currently downloading and processing about one billion images, 120,000 YouTube videos and 100 million how-to documents and appliance manuals.
This data is being translated and stored in a robot-friendly format that robots will be able to draw upon when they need it. Robo Brain will process images to pick out the objects in them, and by connecting images and videos with text, it will learn to recognise objects and how they’re used, along with human language and behaviour.
This is all done through a process called “structured deep learning” which helps robots classify what objects are and how they’re interacted with. As Phys.org explains:
The system employs what computer scientists call “structured deep learning,” where information is stored in many levels of abstraction. An easy chair is a member of the class of chairs, and going up another level, chairs are furniture. Robo Brain knows that chairs are something you can sit on, but that a human can also sit on a stool, a bench or the lawn.
One of the examples given is that of a coffee mug. If Robo Brain sees this, it can learn that not only is it a mug, but liquids can be poured into it, you can use the handle to hold it and it must be carried upright when full.
Robo Brain will also have teachers, where its website will display things it has learned. Visitors will be able to view this information and make additions and corrections where required, although what they will teach them remains to be seen.
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Great to see all the musicians come out in support of Kneecap. Keep up the protest.
@Ciaran Mcguinness: I used to think exploiting the troubles, kneecapping etc to sell music was wrong but then I realized they are just Harry Enfield characters. Enjoy them for that. Think more Kevin the teenager. They don’t really support Hezbollah. They aren’t really pro torture, anti gay, anti West. It’s all so unfair – as Kevin might say.
@Del Ray: I don’t agree with all they say; only with their right to say it. I’ve heard worse at gigs in the past.
Absolute gôbshïtes, bill them for all the disruption they caused.
@Regular John: Far left violence. It should be called what it is.
@Regular John: well its basically a terrorist act against an airport so charge them with terrorism
That will keep the trolls busy on here for the night
comment’s are open for this , more not stories to deflect from fffg disastrous governing
@jn: We know the Govt fund left wing activists for a whole range of issues, put paying them to gatecrash Shannon Airport is a bit of a stretch.
Charge them as terrorists.
@Andrew Harrington: Ten years in jail would seem appropriate and then be deported to Gaza
Lefty dopes
Violent, childish leftists.
@Ekumbe Adesiyan: As opposed to extremely violent right wing government’s such as Israel or The U.S
@Ekumbe Adesiyan: says the guy with a huge gripe against same sex attraction ..that’s pretty childish
They are very violent its crazy.
@Darran Macken: I know, that poor fence! Won’t somebody think of the children!!
Good job announcing that security resources were cut at Shannon airport jic anymore terrorist wish to attack.
People who go around doing the whole Palestine thing, are usually bored and just want an excuse for something to protest about.
Morons
@liam mc meel: Far left violent morons
Is free speech really free. Right on protesters!
And what did this protest succeed in doing?
So we can comment on this but not the “Journal Investigates” piece about transgender healthcare?? That piece of so-called journalism should come with a health warning of its own. An entirely one-sided piece of cr4p which makes no effort to provide any form of journalistic balance. It reads like a junior cert essay and should be marked as an Opinion article rather than “Investigates”. A perfect example of why The Journal is and will remain a free newspaper. Nobody in their right mind would pay for such reporting.
“We crashed the gate doing 98 and said let them truckers roll”
These geniuses at Shannon and Kneecap , it shows that these Leftards don’t have much going on between the ears.
Should be a deep trench around it like dublin airport years ago.
Great article on 2 infrastructure projects in Meath/kildare granted planning permission. It does not mention once what those projects entail, only waffle about “Renewable energy is fundamental in unlocking greater energy independence and security, as well as economic growth and the development of a stronger society,” Mahon continued.” One can only guess it’s using agricultural land that would be best purposed for food production, to be used for solar panels that will have less of a sustainable impact. When they don’t mention what’s involved you know it’s not good. There thousands upon thousands of acres of car parks and industrial buildings that can easily accommodate solar panels, but those planners insist on unnecessarily using agricultural land.
@Jack: Ireland is overproducing meat anyway. 50% of it could be replaced by something useful.
we,ll give them a house in case someone’s offended …..
Meer to me Shannon, Snip, Snip Mr Burgess. The Van. Great movie.
Charge them under anti terrorism Law.
@Ed Brennan: totally agree and into the special criminal court with no jury
Next step is a van filled with explosives.
Prob hippie Brit smelly fk s on the dole. Remove their welfare
I do not condone this form of protest, as much as I suport the Palestine people.
Please jail them. No need for a trial and throw away the key??
Lots of comments on here about left-wing this and left-wing that when the truth is that the only lefties Ireland has ever had followed James Connelly into GPO and never came out again.
have your say