The Wolfram Language Image Identification Project

Re:The Wolfram Language Image Identification Project by cromwellian on Thursday May 14, 2015 @02:55AM (#9543780)

I hate to be negative, but I found the announcement post suspiciously devoid of any acknowledgement of the huge work that has been done in this field over the last few years. Wolfram's post seems to be written in the tone as if he's suddenly discovered a way to do this, when it's old hat. No mention of the results and ILSVRC (Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge) contests held every year. Or ImageNet and all of the associated projects.

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Re:The Wolfram Language Image Identification Project by seanp2k2 on Thursday May 14, 2015 @03:27AM (#9543853)

Here's a [biased] bit on Wolfram, the person: http://chem.tufts.edu/science/Shermer/E-Skeptic/SkepticsOnWo...

TL;DR [quote] Although it is clear that Wolfram is no crank, not someone skeptics would label a pseudoscientist, skeptics will notice that, despite his flawless credentials, staggering intelligence, and depth of knowledge, Wolfram possesses many attributes of a pseudoscientist: (1) he makes grandiose claims, (2) works in isolation, (3) did not go through the normal peer-review process, (4) published his own book, (5) does not adequately acknowledge his predecessors, and (6) rejects a well-established theory of at least one famous scientist. [/quote]

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Re:The Wolfram Language Image Identification Project by jgalt212 on Thursday May 14, 2015 @09:15AM (#9544949)

While not applicable for this post, I really like: > (5) does not adequately acknowledge his predecessors

as a huge indicator of PR-driven news article rather than a news-driven news article.

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