Teaching the Machine

Submitted by willow on Wed, 2008-02-20 16:04.

Google Image Labeler created a simple, addictive global game out of tagging images to improve image search results. If you're online, you're already playing a bigger game with each search, tag and click.

This video from Mike Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, is a provocative primer on how humans are teaching "the machine." Wondering if digital culture is calling us to rethink a few things? Just about everything.


Once you've seen the video, maybe there's cause for pause for a virtual walk down your own street on Google.

Also of interest: Wesch's "A Vision of Students Today" video.

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Submitted by nick davis (not verified) on Wed, 2008-02-20 16:59.

Luis von Ahn is the inventer of the Google Labeler game, as well as the captcha (the picture with twisted up words ou have to type everywhere to prove you're a human), and is one of the best minds around today. Be sure to check out a talk he gave at Google.

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