Posts tagged Google
Search by Image - Sebastian Schmieg
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december 9th, 2011, netherlands
Carpets based on Google Maps.
By Teaching Computers 'Regret,' Engineers Hope to Teach Them to See the Future | Popular Science
The research is funded by Google.
It could also do wonders for Google’s AdWords and Adsense businesses. Algorithms that can learn in real time and produce results with the least “regret” could sharpen ad targeting tools in a big way, turning Google’s desired outcome of higher ad revenues and the further trashing of their competitors into a likely actual outcome.
“Jon Rafman’s Selections from 9 Eyes of Google Street View: Rafman culled unintentional portraits of people going about their lives as the Google van rumbled by. He found the art embedded inside this decidedly prosaic mapping exercise.”
The Portraits of Google Street View - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
Via PSFK.
