clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> As an aside:
>
> > There was similar quest years back about using computers to imitate visual
> > perception, that is, computers that see. And in the end, with all the variables
> > that couldn't be computed, like size constancy and object recognition and such,
> > they gave up.
>
> Ever read about RoboCup, a convention where robot builders from all the
> world come together to have their machines play soccer against one
> another? Or the US military's contest of computer-driven cars (whatever
> it was called)?
>
> Forget about those people who gave up 10 years ago. Other people didn't,
> and are getting quite far by now.

It would be infinitely cool if they did it but it also makes one appreciate how
amazing is the human brain. Even computers, the latest model of how it works,
can still not even come close.

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