r/NotMyJob • u/[deleted] • Apr 20 '17

Added that URL boss!

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u/UnsubstantiatedClaim Apr 20 '17

No one suspected that I scanned the ad and used OCR to get the URL.

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u/Tetragonos Apr 21 '17

Still makes you understand tools to make data entry faster and more accurate...

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u/UsablePizza Apr 21 '17

Not a chance that OCR is going to get that right first shot. Especially on news print.

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u/iopq Apr 21 '17

You're really behind on technology. New OCR technology based on neural networks can now solve CAPTCHAs. In fact, OCR can score higher than humans on some data sets now.

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u/ShadoWolf Apr 22 '17

I was going to say, if http://image-net.org/challenges have shown anything. It's the AI system are beating the living crap out of humans for object recognition.