Google Goggles Solves Sudoku

mikejuk writes "Ever been frustrated when you can't solve a Sudoku? Well, now there's an app for that. It is just one more capability in the latest version of Google Goggles. All you have to do is point your phone's camera at a Sudoku puzzle, take a snapshot, and pattern recognition and a bit of game logic sorts out the answer. Have you ever had the feeling that AI is getting to be just a little too commonplace?"

we hath defeated the purpose

[tverbeek]

OK, it's cool technology, but this is almost as pointless as Homer Simpson's book of already-solved crossword puzzles.

solving Soduku

[56ker]

I thought the fun was in trying to solve it yourself, not through having a machine give you the correct answer.

Re:Stunning

[peragrin]

What AI though? Sudoku is pattern recongintion. It doesn't take an AI to solve one. There is more processing spent on image analysis than actual problem solving.

When I think AI I think of some that can create on it's own. Not learn, not solve but create.

Re:solving Soduku

[MancunianMaskMan]

go get your coat and hand in your geek card at the door. The fun is in writing the program that solves the puzzle