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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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What is with all these woman who want to have sex on the first date. It’s just not on!
Tell me where these women are??
There all in this big house I go to. You have to pay in but that covers the beer and there are all these half naked woman who just want to have sex when all I want is a few beers and a chat. I stopeed going because of it.
I miss you Glenard, please call in again sometime.
Ah thought I knew ya Mick. Jayzus we’re missin you!
You just beat me to it Supergran. Miss you as wwll though hun. I’ll be back next week though when new dole claim comes through!
xxx call me
We just have! Ye don’t mind sharin?
no seriously where is this place?
Glenard,can i be your best friend?
Honestly have seldom read such generic ‘get the love of your life’ absolute crap as this. Straight out of one of Dr phil’s books. How about ‘whether online or on the land’ be yourself from the get go instead of trying to be an interesting fake listener. Better your found out now than in 5 years when you realise you’ve not been yourself.and hence living a costly lie. All the red thumbs, at least with the red, try to tell me I’m wrong.
Heterosexuals could take some lessons from the gays. It’s time for a grindr-like app to go mainstream, where men and women can be honest that they just want a shag instead of wasting time with dinner.
Many do after they get drunk?
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Do you live under a rock? Grindr is a clone for the gay community based on Tinder which is exactly what you are describing.
You have to subtly suggest that you have a huge one. It can be quite hard to get that into her head on the first date. But better hard than soft I suppose.
Abair léi go bhfaigheann tú 10% sa mbreis má dhéanann tú as Gaeilge é ;)
Just because one third of marriages originate online, does not imply that online dating is “accepted”. Never will you find such a cess-pool of the filth, low lives and awkward freaks of society as you will find from an online dating service. There is a concentration effect of the worst of society. It will never be “accepted” as normal.
Sounds like someone failed to get laid online.
lol…i knew someone would come back with a line like that. I think you are confusing me for a desperate man who wants to get laid at any costs. I wouldnt want to go near most of those freaks of nature. Most are socially awkward and no doubt lack self esteem so sleep around at the drop of the hat and carry STD’s. So be careful my friend.
You sound like great craic Cal. Don’t worry I’m sure you’ll find “the one” soon…
Are one third of marriages really a result of online dating? I know only one couple who met online and that was due to online card playing and not a dating agency
Cal I dont know if you are talking about Irish Women or Irish Men.
An rud is tábhachtaí ná go bhfuil meas agus grá ort fhéin. Beidh tú sona ansin is cuma i d’aonair nó ceangailte thú. Bígí go deas libh fhéin. :))
The size of the wallet helps as well as the flowing of the drink, when others pay for it…
Face is the only thing that matters.
But why do women go and see strippers then lol…
Pretty sure the more alcohol you consume the smarter and wittier your conversations become to women.
Oh PFO William Phelan, you look too creepy to be giving dating advice.
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