My girlfriend located a news article i felt was worth passing along. It's not just the intrinsic entertainment value or the "aww" factor that is worth noting. i actually found the responses to be the really thought-provoking portion.
Kitties v. Puppies
The gist is that a CA school has created freeware to defeat spam. You know those sites where you log in and it asks you to identify the weird twisted letters and numbers to prove you're a human and not spam? Well, that's not good enough these days. So this software displays a series of photos and asks you to say if it's a cat or a dog. Get them all right? You are a human! So what's the big deal? Will this be helpful? What will this lead to? Well, these comments were what caught my eye...
"I think it is pretty cool, but how long will it take for hackers to come up with cat-recognition software?"
"Maybe this type of security 'arms race' will leads to fundamental advances in artificial intelligence. Visual recognition of objects is a big problem in that field."
ALSO: Going to TRIENNIUM!!!!
Kitties v. Puppies
The gist is that a CA school has created freeware to defeat spam. You know those sites where you log in and it asks you to identify the weird twisted letters and numbers to prove you're a human and not spam? Well, that's not good enough these days. So this software displays a series of photos and asks you to say if it's a cat or a dog. Get them all right? You are a human! So what's the big deal? Will this be helpful? What will this lead to? Well, these comments were what caught my eye...
"I think it is pretty cool, but how long will it take for hackers to come up with cat-recognition software?"
"Maybe this type of security 'arms race' will leads to fundamental advances in artificial intelligence. Visual recognition of objects is a big problem in that field."
ALSO: Going to TRIENNIUM!!!!
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