How Do Computers Understand Pictures?

Computers see pictures like we see puzzles. When you take a picture, the computer breaks it into tiny colored dots called pixels. Then, like solving a puzzle, it guesses what each part of the image might be, like telling the difference between a cat and a dog by looking at shapes and colors.

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A cat picture is broken into many tiny colored squares by a computer.
Your phone guesses it's a dog when it sees round shapes and pointy ears.
The computer thinks you're smiling because your face has curves around the eyes.

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