Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image

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Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image

Guessing the location of a randomly chosen Street View image is hard, even for well-traveled humans. But Google’s latest artificial-intelligence machine manages it with relative ease.

via MIT Technology Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/2016/02/24/161885/google-unveils-neural-network-with-superhuman-ability-to-determine-the-location-of-almost/

Their new machine significantly outperforms humans and can even use a clever trick to determine the location of indoor images and pictures of specific things such as pets, food, and so on that have no location cues.