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What vision processing task can most animals do that no computer can?
by gok 8y ago
What vision processing task can most animals do that no computer can?
- lottin 8y agoSince seeing means perceiving things in space, for starters it requires having a notion of 'thing' and of 'space'. Do computers have such notions? Again, based on the evidence that we have, or lack thereof, regarding the cognitive capabilities of inanimate objects, I say the answer is a resounding no. Inanimate objects do not think and therefore cannot have concepts. They cannot do anything, strictly speaking, since they lack agency. We use them to perform certain things, which is different.
- gok 8y agoI mean to answer your first question: yes, modern computer vision algorithms do have a concept of spatial and object tracking. But if your definition of “seeing” requires metacognition and agency... I suppose no algorithm I know of does that. Although that rules out most animal visual systems from “seeing” too.