MIT Helps Computers Think Like Humans

Information Week MIT Model Helps Computers Think Like Humans

"The researchers' algorithm lets computers use multiple approaches to examine data, much like the way humans size up the world."

"In a development that will extend the eternal quest of creating computers that think like humans, two researchers working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a model that helps computers recognize patterns in the same way as humans do.

The two researchers, associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences Josh Tenenbaum and recent MIT PhD recipient Charles Kemp, produced a broad algorithm that examines several different approaches of looking at data that is similar to the way humans typically size up different situations."