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Kinect-Based AI System Watches What You're Up To

Posted by timothy on from the 8-bit-necktie-on-the-door dept.

mikejuk writes "Researchers from Cornell have used AI to create a system based on the Kinect that can recognize what you are doing — cleaning your teeth, cooking, writing on a whiteboard etc. In a smart home it could be used to offer help: 'Would you like some help with that recipe, Dave?' Or it could monitor patients or workers to make sure they are doing what they are told. The study also reveals that there is probably enough information in how activities are performed to recognize an individual — so providing yet more biometrics. There are clearly a lot more things that we can teach the Kinect to do with machine learning than just gesture recognition."

12 of 87 comments (clear)

  1. Are you still there? by decipher_saint · · Score: 2

    I seeEE you!

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    crazy dynamite monkey
  2. So they brought back Clippy into meatspace? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It looks like you're writing a letter. Would you like help with that?"

  3. Real question is by partyguerrilla · · Score: 2

    How is this going to help improve my sexual performance?

    1. Re:Real question is by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 2

      How is this going to help improve my sexual performance?

      A voice in the bedroom saying
      "You need to rotate your hips more at the end of each thrust, Dave..."
      of course, for anyone setting up such a system it will more likely be
      "Try switching hands, and using oil instead of lotion, Dave"

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    2. Re:Real question is by gregor-e · · Score: 3, Funny

      A voice will gently intone "I see you're masturbating, Dave. I happen to know of 20238 men and 3 women who are also masturbating right now. Would you like me to open video chat with any of them?"

    3. Re:Real question is by celle · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "It will discretly inform you when she's faking it.
      It will also watch you masturbate."

      Well if she's faking it aren't you essentially masturbating anyway?

  4. Dave, should i open the Kama sutra? by drolli · · Score: 4, Funny

    It seems to me you and your girlfriend need advice.

    1. Re:Dave, should i open the Kama sutra? by rubycodez · · Score: 2

      Also, Dave, your "girlfriend" has external genitalia under those panties. Do you wish me to change the orientation criteria for your porn downloads, or have you made a mistake?

  5. Re:This will be Annoying POS AI by kodomo · · Score: 2

    I can see some uses for the monitoring. Watching Infants or elderly, recognize someone in trouble (choking, having a seizure), monitoring jails.

  6. Re:This will be Annoying POS AI by srussia · · Score: 2, Funny

    There are some things AI is good at without being annoying, such as suggesting URL's as you type them, or suggesting the temperature so you don't burn your food. Good AI tries to prevent human error by suggesting alternatives.

    So you voted for Gore, get over it already.

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  7. Meh by Warlord88 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My Machine Learning professor at University of Texas was hugely into Reinforcement Learning. He and one of his graduate student had developed this kind of system many years ago. Basically, only using a simple video camera, the computer could identify correctly all sub-activities involved in making a peanut butter sandwich; such as 'open jar', 'jelly on bread', 'jar closed', etc. We were shown the video during first class of the course and it was pretty cool.

    The MSR guys are doing interesting stuff but this is nothing groundbreaking.

  8. Your boss' job got automated! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    More and more jobs get automated this days. This time it was your boss' job.