September 4, 2006 at 15:54Google Image Labeler as an example of bionic software
The system of Google Image Labeler is like a play. The user visits the site and makes a choice: authorize or participate in the game anonymously. After this person is paired up with another same random user who has just logged into the site. The partners are given 90 seconds, during which the system shows them the same set of images from the Google Images search index . Each pair should indicate as many thematic tags as possible for the image. If at least one of the tags is the same for both participants, then they receive reward points and move on to the next image.
The game is quite exciting. When the image is displayed in the upper left corner, a timer of 90 seconds ticks. A counter works at the top, which in real time shows how many tags your partner has already issued while you think. Alternatively, you can click the Skip button, so your partner will immediately see a message about it. If he confirms, then the following image is immediately shown to both participants.
After one and a half minutes, all the pictures with links to the corresponding web pages appear on the screen, as well as the total number of points that the participant scored. For each matching tag, the participant receives 100 points, and the total rating of all players is updated in the upper right corner of the screen. It shows the best for today and for all time. The leader of the rating JoeBob has already scored 1.444.600 points, that is, he entered the correct descriptions for 14.446 pictures.
Well-known expert in the field of web technologies Tim O'Reilly wrote on his blog that this group game can be called an example of bionic software . Tim O'Reilly is known as the author of the popular Web 2.0 term, so the new definition of “bionic software” can also go to the masses soon.
As you know, bionics- This is an applied science about the application in technical devices and systems of the principles, properties, functions and structures of living nature. Here are some results of using bionics : the Eiffel Tower, whose geometry copies the bone structure of the head of the femur of a person; clothing fasteners with Velcro, the structure of which copies the hooks on the fruits of the weed fruit; heavy-duty Kevlar material, an artificial analogue of the silk web.
Tim O'Reilly believes that the Google Image Labeler program is also based on the principles of bionics, because the system uses human labor as a cheap replacement for artificial intelligence technologies. In other words, wildlife becomes an integrated part of a computer program. This is a sign of bionics, the use of which is very suitable for Web 2.0 applications. Tim O'Reilly talks about the appearance on the Internet of a whole class of bionic software , which can include the Amazon Mechanical Turk system , and mycroft , and the pioneer in this area of Distributed Proofreaders .
The game is quite exciting. When the image is displayed in the upper left corner, a timer of 90 seconds ticks. A counter works at the top, which in real time shows how many tags your partner has already issued while you think. Alternatively, you can click the Skip button, so your partner will immediately see a message about it. If he confirms, then the following image is immediately shown to both participants.
After one and a half minutes, all the pictures with links to the corresponding web pages appear on the screen, as well as the total number of points that the participant scored. For each matching tag, the participant receives 100 points, and the total rating of all players is updated in the upper right corner of the screen. It shows the best for today and for all time. The leader of the rating JoeBob has already scored 1.444.600 points, that is, he entered the correct descriptions for 14.446 pictures.
Well-known expert in the field of web technologies Tim O'Reilly wrote on his blog that this group game can be called an example of bionic software . Tim O'Reilly is known as the author of the popular Web 2.0 term, so the new definition of “bionic software” can also go to the masses soon.
As you know, bionics- This is an applied science about the application in technical devices and systems of the principles, properties, functions and structures of living nature. Here are some results of using bionics : the Eiffel Tower, whose geometry copies the bone structure of the head of the femur of a person; clothing fasteners with Velcro, the structure of which copies the hooks on the fruits of the weed fruit; heavy-duty Kevlar material, an artificial analogue of the silk web.
Tim O'Reilly believes that the Google Image Labeler program is also based on the principles of bionics, because the system uses human labor as a cheap replacement for artificial intelligence technologies. In other words, wildlife becomes an integrated part of a computer program. This is a sign of bionics, the use of which is very suitable for Web 2.0 applications. Tim O'Reilly talks about the appearance on the Internet of a whole class of bionic software , which can include the Amazon Mechanical Turk system , and mycroft , and the pioneer in this area of Distributed Proofreaders .