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PREDATOR - Tracker that learns and improves
Zdenek Kalal · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2011–2023).
SignalTube analysis
Among 35 other demo videos tagged Computer vision, speech & NLP, the mean is 1.0 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, close to that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 1.0 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
33% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2011–2023; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 4 minutes 12 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2011-01-01.
- Channel / speaker
- Zdenek Kalal
- Verified runtime
- 4m 12s
- YouTube upload date
- 2011-01-01
- Hacker News mention years
- 2011–2023
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Computer vision, speech & NLP. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PREDATOR - Tracker that learns and improvesCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 33% | — | 4m 12s | 2011-01-01 |
| Dual Photographydemo · mm648230 | 4 | 4 | 40% | No recorded overlap | 5m 10s | 2009-03-28 |
| Stealing Baseball Signs with a Phone (Machine Learning)demo · Mark Rober | 3 | 3 | 60% | No recorded overlap | 13m 30s | 2019-06-30 |
| Speaking Piano - Now with (somewhat decent) captions!demo · TheMcphearson | 3 | 3 | 60% | No recorded overlap | 2m 41s | 2009-10-05 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
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The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Meta AI releases CoTracker, a model for tracking any points (pixels) on a video”. Its short rationale: Earlier primitive ML tracker, good enough for commercialization.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Automating programming: AI is transforming the coding of computer programs”. Its short rationale: Example that object tracking has existed for a decade.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “OpenTLD - The predator TLD source code is online”. Its short rationale: Demo of a self-improving object tracker.