How does AI learn from examples?
The Pattern Machine
How does AI learn from examples?
You show your friend three photos — cat, cat, dog — and ask "which one's different?" Easy, right? Your brain just knows. But how would you teach a computer to do that, when a computer can't "just know" anything?
Here's the trick: you give the computer a million labeled photos. "Cat." "Dog." "Cat." "Dog." The computer doesn't understand what a cat IS, but it starts noticing patterns — pointy ears show up in cat photos, floppy ears in dog photos, whisker-shadows here, wet noses there.
