BrainCraft

Artificial Intelligence Solved This Audio Illusion. Can You?

Season 4 Episode 3 | 4m 36s

The Cocktail Party Effect is an auditory phenomena that, really, humans shouldn't have to solve – normally we can automatically separate different sounds and voices through our selective attention. But it's hard, right? Well Artificial Intelligence found it even harder – a machine found it difficult to determine the difference between audio tracks.

Aired: 12/05/17 | Rating: NR

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