Image Recognition

Is an ability in computers and living things to recognise things in images.
Hinton’s new approach, known as capsule networks, is a twist on neural networks intended to make machines better able to understand the world through images or video. In one of the papers posted last week, Hinton’s capsule networks matched the accuracy of the best previous techniques on a standard test of how well software can learn to recognize handwritten digits.
In the second, capsule networks almost halved the best previous error rate on a test that challenges software to recognize toys such as trucks and cars from different angles. Hinton has been working on his new technique with two colleagues at Google’s Toronto office.
"Image-recognition software in use today by Google and others needs a large number of example photos to learn to reliably recognize objects in all kinds of situations."