Researchers from Google’s AI division DeepMind and the University of Oxford have used artificial intelligence to create the most accurate lip-reading software ever. Using thousands of hours of TV footage from the BBC, scientists trained a neural network to annotate video footage with 46.8 percent accuracy. That might not seem that impressive at first — especially compared to AI accuracy rates when transcribing audio — but tested on the same footage, a professional human lip-reader was only able to get the right word 12.4 percent of the time.
Yes this is crazy and yes it’s probably even a little scary that a computer can do it 4 times better than a human but my real question here is there really is such a thing as a professional lip reader?!
Please The Verge tell me more about them! Who do you work for? An NFL team Mr/Ms Professional Lip Reader? The coaches do cover their mouths when calling plays. Are you fearful for your job being replaced by an AI? How much are you paid? I’m intrigued, neigh excited to know more…
Oh hi Google.
Source: Google’s AI can now lip read better than humans after watching thousands of hours of TV – The Verge