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What is Computer Vision?

It is a technology that allows computers to analyze visual data (photos, videos) and make sense of the objects, people or events in them.

Overview

Computer vision allows artificial intelligence to see and interpret the world like a human. It analyzes not only the pixels, but also what those pixels mean (for example, a cat or a traffic accident). Thanks to this technology, machines can process the visual world.

Analogy: It is like a baby gradually learning to recognize objects around him; first grasps shapes, then objects, and then their meanings.

How it works

Visual data is passed through artificial neural networks. The model classifies or locates objects in the image based on millions of examples it has seen in the past.

Where it is used

It is used in autonomous vehicles, facial recognition systems, medical imaging and security cameras.

Commonly confused with

Can be mixed with multimodal; multimodal can process both text and images, while computer vision is visually oriented.

Frequently asked questions

Can computer vision see everything?

No, it is as successful as the data it is trained on.

Does it cause incorrect recognition?

Yes, it can be mistaken for low quality images or an object it has never seen before.

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