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Re:CaptionBot by Microsoft by arunitc on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @11:50AM (#11489232)
I gave this image - https://i.imwx.com/images/maps/truvu/map_specnewsdct-109_lts...

and I got this result "I am not really confident, but I think it's a couple of glass vases with flowers on top of a surfboard."

Re:CaptionBot by Microsoft by yk on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @11:55AM (#11489297)
I gave it this one [1], it claims "I think it's a blurry picture of a boat." which is not entirely bad description but obviously misses the point.

[1] http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/lovecraft/images/9/95/5b...

Re:CaptionBot by Microsoft by gagege on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @12:13PM (#11489487)
Of all things to try to make a brand new AI describe, you give it an indescribable god/priest of R'lyeh???

:)

Re:CaptionBot by Microsoft by fweespee_ch on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @01:33PM (#11490307)
It is important to unit test the boundary conditions.
Re:CaptionBot by Microsoft by Artemis2 on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @12:17PM (#11489525)
http://www.cloudsightapi.com/api is crazy accurate, it gives "galleon above sea monster painting".
Re:CaptionBot by Microsoft by lotkowskim on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @12:22PM (#11489575)
Most likely because they use mechanical turk (people) as per this reddit discussion :) https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/356e76/ask...
Re:CaptionBot by Microsoft by z1mm32m4n on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @12:24PM (#11489594)
I went a different direction; I gave it:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Pe...

And it came back with, "I'm not really confident, but I think it's a person on a surf board in a skate park."

Re:CaptionBot by Microsoft by debacle on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @11:53AM (#11489269)
It suggested that two of the images I uploaded also had something to do with surfing. Maybe it was trained on a lot of surfing images.
Re:CaptionBot by Microsoft by emehrkay on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @02:55PM (#11491106)
It loves things being on top of surf boards

http://imgur.com/WWHQu5i

MS has been providing the net with fun activities for a few months now. The other night the celebrity look alike site blew up on twitter and instagram