Computers can’t process images from the top down
Humans recognise images from the top down,—taking them in as a whole, and then focusing on details. Computers only recognise images from the bottom-up—processing local features individually and then aggregating them together.
Rudolf Amheim (1969).
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
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No: computers can't understand images [5b] »No: computers can't understand images [5b]
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Gestalt recognition is impossible for computers »Gestalt recognition is impossible for computers
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Computers can’t process images from the top down
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Top-down image processing has been implemented »Top-down image processing has been implemented
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