CGI humans help computers understand us

摘要

WE ARE hard for computers to figure out. Our actions are unpredictable enough that machine vision systems, such as those used in driverless cars, can't readily make sense of them. Fake people - videos and images of computer-generated bodies walking, dancing and doing cartwheels - could help them learn what to look for. "Recognising what's going on in images is natural for humans. Getting computers to do the same requires a lot more effort" says Javier Romero at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tubingen, Germany.