Scientists at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab have developed a new image database , Google Genome , that will enable computers to make sense of the world , rather than just identify objects in a photo . " We are focusing very much on some of the hardest questions in computer vision , which is really bridging perception to cognition , " said the lead professor , and " you need to connect perception and memory to language . " Deep learning will play a key role in enabling computers to interpret complex scenes , resulting in practical applications such as self - driving cars understanding the road environment better . However , an MIT professor who has also developed an image database . point out that it will be difficult without better knowledge of how the human brain creates thoughts . Microsoft , Google and Intel are also pushing the ability of AI algorithms to interpret visual scenes .
Scientists at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab have developed a new image database, Visual Genome, that will enable AI to make sense of the world, rather than just identify objects in a photo. "We are focusing very much on some of the hardest questions in computer vision, which is really bridging perception to cognition," said the lead professor, adding "you need to connect perception and cognition to language." Deep learning will play a key role in enabling computers to interpret complex scenes, resulting in practical applications such as self-driving cars understanding the road environment better. However, an MIT professor who has also developed an image database. point out that it will be difficult without better knowledge of how the human brain creates thoughts. Microsoft, Google and Facebook are also pushing the ability of AI algorithms to parse visual scenes.