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The Science of Funny: Active Machine Learning & Cartoons

Posted on November 24, 2015

Niedenthal-IllustrationThe New Yorker is using a machine learning system developed by WID Optimization researchers to sort through captions for their weekly cartoon caption contest. See full story on wid.wisc.edu.

Posted in Web ArticleTagged Machine Learning, Rob Nowak, The New Yorker

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