Friday, February 10, 2012

Google invents algorithm to find the most amusing clip




Their algorithm has declared that a video of a cat appearing to say ‘no’ over and over again – called No No No No Cat - is currently the funniest.

The video only has just over 60,000 hits, which is small as compared to the others, but Google judges a video by the comments left by users. People react to hilarious videos in a couple of way. They have designed features to quantify the degree of emphasis on words associated with amusement in viewer comments.

I’m so sorry to say but this invention is, by all means, pretty bogus. This specific video of a poor cat cannot be called funny. It’s obvious the cat is scared. You can’t see the ears in the entire clip. In the background, you could hear people making fun of this no, no, no, no thing. He’s also seen hissing. These people have been scaring the cat & they thought this no, no, no, no is funny.

If my cat behaves in this kind of manner, I would be seriously worried. I guess any other genuine cat lover too would be concerned about this behavior.

I can’t see anything hilarious about this sick video of a cat who is emotionally abused by weirdos. When I read about it, I was pretty much excited but when I saw the video, I really didn’t like it. Moreover, my cats too couldn’t ignore the sound of a distressed cat. This wasn’t normal behavior of a cat nor was it funny from any angle.