I’m talking about the latest computing superpower: their ability to “see.”Computer vision is the greatest disruptive innovation in a generation. Source: IBMIn 1890, US Census clerks went door to door recording information like age… state of residence… and gender on these punch cards. This marked the moment computers gained their first superpower, the ability to “count.”Before punch cards, computers couldn’t recognize numbers. And it opened the door for the second great computing superpower. Hopper’s breakthrough taught computers superpower #2: the ability to “read.” In short, it marked the first time machines could understand words.

Source: Forbes August 14, 2020 13:07 UTC