AI milestones in 2006
4 documented milestones from 2006.
Netflix Prize Competition Launched by Netflix
In October 2006, Netflix launched the Netflix Prize, an open competition offering $1,000,000 USD to any team that could improve the accuracy of the company's Cinematch recommendation algorithm by at least 10% on a supplied ratings dataset, measured by root mean squared error.
Autonomous Robotic Cardiac Surgery Guided by Machine Learning
In May 2006, a robotic surgical system at the University of Toronto, trained on data from more than 10,000 prior operations, performed an autonomous 50-minute cardiac procedure on a beating human heart, demonstrating machine-learning-guided autonomy in a clinical surgical setting.
Dasarobot Genibo QD Consumer Pet Robot
In April 2006, South Korean company Dasarobot unveiled the Genibo QD, a consumer pet robot modelled on a dog and equipped with cameras, infrared sensors, and voice-recognition software designed to simulate emotional responses to its owner.
Silicon Retina with Ganglion Cell Spiking Outputs as Neural Prosthesis
Around 2006, researchers developed a silicon retina implemented as an analogue VLSI chip that modelled four primary retinal ganglion cell types and generated 3,600 spiking outputs, designed as a neural prosthesis matched to the physical dimensions of the biological retina.