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What's most surprising to me there is that she actually recognized Snoopy as a dog. He's a pretty abstracted drawing, walking on two feet and pointing with huma
by garfieldnate 3y ago
What's most surprising to me there is that she actually recognized Snoopy as a dog. He's a pretty abstracted drawing, walking on two feet and pointing with human hands. There's something interesting to be said about perceptual development there. I believe that Daniel Everett said that even the adult Piraha couldn't understand abstracted 2D drawings at all.
- mock-possum 3y agoIf we were indoctrinated into the tradition of keeping capybaras as pets then she probably would have assumed snoopy was a capy. As it stands - he’s not a cat, he’s not a bird, so he must be a dog.
- garfieldnate 3y agoI'm pretty sure my two-year-old still thought we could have giraffes and aligators as pets at that age XD
- notSupplied 3y agoThe reverse surprised me too: From seeing only abstract drawings of dogs, my daughter pointed at a real dog for the first time and said “dog!” ML is pretty long way from being able to make generalizations like that from…20 samples?