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What is Computer Vision?

Computer Vision is a field of AI that enables computers to see, identify, and understand visual information from images and videos, similar to how humans see and process this information. It uses machine learning to conduct tasks like recognizing objects, detecting faces, reading text, or tracking movement. You find this technology when you unlock your phone with your face, for example, or in self-driving cars.

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Training Affective Computer Vision Models by Crowdsourcing Soft-Target Labels

Training Affective Computer Vision Models by Crowdsourcing Soft-Target Labels

Peter Washington, Haik Kalantarian, Jack Kent, Arman Husic, Aaron Kline, Emilie Leblanc, Cathy Hou et al.
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