TED: How we're teaching computers to understand pictures | Fei-Fei Li

The transcript discusses the challenges and advancements in teaching machines to see, a field known as computer vision. It highlights the complexity of visual perception, the development of the ImageNet project, and the use of convolutional neural networks. The speaker emphasizes the potential future applications of machine vision, such as in healthcare and disaster response, and the importance of integrating big data with machine learning algorithms to improve visual recognition capabilities.

What is the main task that the speaker is trying to teach computers?

How does the speaker compare the learning process of a child to that of a computer?

What challenges do computers face in understanding images compared to humans?

What was the significance of the Image Lab project launched in 2007?

Describe the process of how the speaker's team collected data for training the computer vision algorithms.

What are convolutional neural networks and how do they relate to the speaker's research?

In what ways does the speaker suggest that computers still have limitations compared to human understanding?

What future applications does the speaker envision for computer vision technology?

How does the speaker illustrate the difference between seeing and understanding?

What is the ultimate goal of the speaker's research in computer vision?