Prehistory — From Neural Networks to the TransformerDan Ciresan et al. (IDSIA)
Multi-column deep neural network beats humans with 99.46% at IJCNN 2011 GTSRB
At the IJCNN 2011 GTSRB traffic sign recognition competition, a multi-column deep neural network scored 99.46%, above the human average of 98.84%
Why it matters
An officially recognized benchmark record of a neural network surpassing humans on a specific visual recognition task
Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”
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