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Re: CaptionBot by Microsoft

#21
post #17

"I seem to be under the weather right now. Try again later :(" i.e. we killed it.

That's disapointing. But it worked once and did very well. I sent this picture http://www.sofoot.com/IMG/img-le-regard-perdu-1460478703_580... and it said "I think it is a football player on the field and he looks :(". He didn't mistake the football player with a rugby player, a cricket player or else. And +1 for the emoji

>rugby or cricket

Wonder if it was the ball logo on the player's shirt, the greater popularity of football , or something else that helped it distinguish.

Re: CaptionBot by Microsoft

#23
It's only a matter of time before a repeat of Microsoft's last AI experiment (Tay), when the Internet teaches CaptionBot all of the positions in the Kama Sutra.

Re: CaptionBot by Microsoft

#24
It was spot on for 30% of the images, but wildly inaccurate on the rest.

In fact, I assume this is a crowd sourced training for the tech..

Kind of disappointing, but at the same time I understand that this task is not trivial at all.

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post #8
post #3

I gave this image - https://i.imwx.com/images/maps/truvu/map_specnewsdct-109_lts... and I got this result "I am not really confident, but I think it's a couple of glass vases with flowers on top of a surfboard."

I gave it this one [1], it claims "I think it's a blurry picture of a boat." which is not entirely bad description but obviously misses the point. [1] http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/lovecraft/images/9/95/5b...

http://www.cloudsightapi.com/api is crazy accurate, it gives "galleon above sea monster painting".

Re: CaptionBot by Microsoft

#26
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I gave it this one [1], it claims "I think it's a blurry picture of a boat." which is not entirely bad description but obviously misses the point. [1] http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/lovecraft/images/9/95/5b...

http://www.cloudsightapi.com/api is crazy accurate, it gives "galleon above sea monster painting".

Most likely because they use mechanical turk (people) as per this reddit discussion :) https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/356e76/ask...

Re: CaptionBot by Microsoft

#27
post #3

I gave this image - https://i.imwx.com/images/maps/truvu/map_specnewsdct-109_lts... and I got this result "I am not really confident, but I think it's a couple of glass vases with flowers on top of a surfboard."

I went a different direction; I gave it:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Pe...

And it came back with, "I'm not really confident, but I think it's a person on a surf board in a skate park."

Re: CaptionBot by Microsoft

#28
I fed it the "Wat" meme and it thinks it's Pope Benedict.

>I am not really confident, but I think it's a man is smiling for the camera and they seem . I am 99% sure that's Pope Benedict XVI

Source Image: http://memesvault.com/wp-content/uploads/Wat-Meme-Old-Lady-0...

Needless to say, my errant habits of trying to break stuff shine through once again.

Re: CaptionBot by Microsoft

#29
post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's disapointing. But it worked once and did very well. I sent this picture http://www.sofoot.com/IMG/img-le-regard-perdu-1460478703_580... and it said "I think it is a football player on the field and he looks :(". He didn't mistake the football player with a rugby player, a cricket player or else. And +1 for the emoji

> rugby or cricket Wonder if it was the ball logo on the player's shirt, the greater popularity of football , or something else that helped it distinguish.

Or if it assumed it was actually an American football player and would have answered the same for all the sports on green fields...

Re: CaptionBot by Microsoft

#30
post #23

It's only a matter of time before a repeat of Microsoft's last AI experiment (Tay), when the Internet teaches CaptionBot all of the positions in the Kama Sutra.

Potential future quote:

"In a development that surprised even us, after an influx of /b/ and Something Awful Goons, the AI decided to shut itself off."

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