People Recognize Objects by Visualizing Their “Skeletons”
Humans are much better at noise removal than computers. Many people can look at an object and see what&#x27;s extraneous to the basic form--what&#x27;s left is the skeleton. Computers, so far, don&#x27;t have the context to do this, and instead try to recognize objects based on visual patterns, etc.<p>Perhaps &quot;weighting&quot; models, allowing algorithms to look for centers of gravity and mechanical behavior would help. Humans exist in a 3d world, but we also <i>interact</i> with a simplified 3d world.<p>We don&#x27;t worry about the plastic bag in the street because we can feel how our car will respond. It&#x27;s trivial. There&#x27;s no &quot;weight&quot; attached to the object.<p>Weight and balance are incredibly important psychologically (see the burgeoning popularity of weighted blankets), and that&#x27;s a thing that&#x27;s missing for computers. Having a tangible sense of the world in our minds gives us a huge leg up when relating to it.