If you watch the video, (one of) the reasons why the AI was winning was because it was using “meta” information from the Street View camera images, and not necessarily because it’s successfully identifying locations purely based on the landmarks in the image.
> I realized that the AI was using the smudges on the camera to help make an educated guess here.
> I realized that the AI was using the smudges on the camera to help make an educated guess here.
[0] https://youtu.be/ts5lPDV--cU?t=1412