games with a purpose – computers can guess your gender
I am sure, that mostly everybody has already heard of the work by Prof. Luis von Ahn at CMU. His game ESP (for extra sensory perception) had been widely covered by all kinds of media. The game was licensed by Google to create (the not as good) Google Image Labeler.
Luis von Ahn was already quite famous for his work with stenography, when he came up with Captcha’s to help solve the spam problem. And if that was not enough – he has been coming up with amazing games that help computers become more smart than ever.
We play, to help computers learn. I like the idea. Check out some games at GWAP.com
Interesting article on Luis von Ahn by Wired
Shawna Hein Said,
November 8, 2008 @ 7:34 pm
hmm,
“According to our calculations, there is a 73% chance that you are male.
Are we correct?”
so much for that
ssh
Ryan Greenberg Said,
November 9, 2008 @ 10:16 pm
Don’t feel badly. “According to our calculations, there is a 94% chance that you are female.” I’m clinging to that 6% possibility.