Image recognition accuracy: An unseen challenge confounding today's AI

Imagine you are scrolling through the photos on your phone and you come across an image that at first you can't recognize. It looks like maybe something fuzzy on the couch; could it be a pillow or a coat? After a couple of seconds it clicks—of course! That ball of fluff is your friend's cat, Mocha. While some of your photos could be understood in an instant, why was this cat photo much more difficult?

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