Google neural network has found practical application

Google will use its own self -learning neural network to improve the quality of its commercial products, Vesti.ru reports with reference to Technology Review.

The virtual "brain" is composed of 16 thousand processors and models the work of the human brain. It was created by a small group of engineers in the secret laboratory of the company, and still worked in experimental mode. For example, he was taught to independently recognize images of cats on YouTube rollers.

Development will find application in improving the work of search systems by images, speech recognition and translation from other languages.

First, Google is used for a more accurate recognition of the voice. Technologies associated with speech are especially important for the Android mobile platform, which can be given commands using a voice, print SMS and search on the Internet. It is expected that the system can improve words recognition by 20–25%.

So far, the "brain" understands only in English, but soon Google plans to teach him other languages ​​and dialects. Following voice technology, the company can engage in improving the search for pictures. In the future, the neural network can be used during the operation of self -governing machines and "smart" glasses.

The "brain" Google is thus is the first artificial neural network that can recognize objects without a hint from a person, but it is still far from the human brain. In the future, such neural networks can significantly improve the work of search systems by images, speech recognition and machine translation from other languages.

The project can be a serious breakthrough in the creation of machines that can interact with the outside world, recognizing forms and objects.

In the Google X laboratory, which until recently, even many employees of the corporation, according to the media, did not know about the existence of such funny things as a lift for the delivery of goods to space, a refrigerator under the control of Android, “smart glasses” Project Glass, a voice assistant for mobile devices, self -governing cars and even a mandious plate with an output in Internet.

In total, it is believed, in Google X, the location of which is kept secret, about a hundred technologies of the future are being developed. It is also known that the secret laboratory is headed by the co -founder of Google Sergey Brin, and the department of machine learning is led by a specialist Andrew NG, a well -known specialist in this area. At the beginning of this year, Google lured Apple's top manager Simon Prakash, who controlled the quality of products at all stages from development to production, to work on a new secret project, apparently also in Google X.

The main idea of ​​the Google X laboratory is the Internet of Things, it involves connecting to a global network of any type of devices, and not just computers.