HUMAN COMPUTATION - HOW PEOPLE SOLVE DIFFICULT AI PROBLEMS (HAVING FUN DOING IT)

• Authors: Łupkowki Paweł

Title variants

PL

Human computation - jak ludzie rozwiązują trudne dla maszyn problemy (dobrze się przy tym bawiąc)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In this paper I will present a class of on-line games which apply the idea of Human computation (HC). HC outsources certain steps of the computation process to humans. This makes it possible to solve difficult AI problems which are to a significant extent inaccessible to present-day algorithms (such as the perception of natural scenes). The games I will present appear to be a very convenient medium for recruiting volunteers to solve these problems. The participants can have fun, at the same time helping to accomplish those tasks that are very demanding for machines, such as image labeling for web search purposes, digitising books for online use, etc. In the paper I will also present an idea for a game which will help to generate data for future psychological research.

Keywords

EN

AI; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HC; HUMAN COMPUTATION; ONLINE GAMES

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier (Games Research Association of Poland)
• Journal: Homo Ludens
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 1(3)
• Pages: 81-93
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Łupkowki Paweł

• Pawel Lupkowski, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Wydzial Nauk Spolecznych, Instytut Psychologii, Zaklad Logiki i Kognitywistyki, ul. Szamarzewskiego 89, 60-568 Poznan

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