Perception I - Vision 1 - Intro

human-level of vision perception is AI complete
difficulty = solving the central AI challenge (computers as smart as human beings)

• viewpoint changes:
  • reconstruct/recognize 3d objects with images taken from different positions
• illumination changes
  • shades, weather conditions, light sources, amount of light scattered, ...
• object intra-class variations
  • chair transformed into different shapes
• inherent ambiguities
  • bottom right image (human shadows and butterfly shadows look different -> fake butterfly)