EPISODE · Jul 31, 2018 · 7 MIN
When in Nature, Google Lens Does What the Human Brain Can’t
from What's New · host WIRED
AI-powered visual search tools, like Google Lens and Bing Visual Search, promise a new way to search the world—but most people still type into a search box rather than point their camera at something. We've gotten used to manually searching for things over the past 25 years or so that search engines have been at our fingertips. Also, not all objects are directly in front of us at the time we’re searching for information about them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AI-powered visual search tools, like Google Lens and Bing Visual Search, promise a new way to search the world—but most people still type into a search box rather than point their camera at something. We've gotten used to manually searching for things over the past 25 years or so that search engines have been at our fingertips. Also, not all objects are directly in front of us at the time we’re searching for information about them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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When in Nature, Google Lens Does What the Human Brain Can’t
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