Friday, October 14, 2016

Deep Dream by Google

What it is: "A computer vision program created by Google which uses a convolutional neural network to find and enhance patterns in images via algorithmic pareidolia, thus creating a dreamlike hallucinogenic appearance in the deliberately over-processed images"

How it works: 
  • detects patterns in images to enable the automatic classification of these images
  • Like GP(Gennetic programming) programs, it can be trained
  •  once that is done, it can be run in reverse, which facilitates the better understanding of the structure of the neural network.
  • After enough reiterations, imagery will be adjusted so that it results in a form of pareidolia, which is what is used to algorithmically generate psychedelic and surreal image.

Why is this helpful: It invokes the need and possibilities for further study, because its resemblance to LSD- and psilocybin-induced hallucinations "is suggestive of a functional resemblance between artificial neural networks and particular layers of the visual cortex."

Examples of DeepDream images:



Here is a really cool sample of a DeepDream video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgPaCWJL7XI

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepDream

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