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theory, methods, algorithms, applications

Computer vision is hard!

Today’s xkcd comic is relevant to this blog.

xkcd comic #1425

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In the 60s, Marvin Minsky assigned a couple of undergrads to spend the summer programming a computer to use a camera to identify objects in a scene. He figured they’d have the problem solved by the end of the summer. Half a century later, we’re still working on it.