AI Weirdness: the strange side of machine learning
Janelle Shane

Janelle Shane

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Neural networks can name guinea pigs

Neural networks can name guinea pigs

Neural networks are a type of computer program that mimic the way human brains learn. Unlike traditional computer programming in which a programmer invents rules for the program to follow, neural networks have an amazing ability to intuit their own rules about datasets simply by examining them. Given a dataset
Sports teams designed by neural network

Sports teams designed by neural network

One of the many impressive things about neural networks is how well the same basic algorithm can adapt to very different kinds of problems. I’ve used the same framework, Char-rnn [https://github.com/karpathy/char-rnn], to produce things like recipes [http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/140219420017/the-silicon-gourmet-training-a-neural-network-to] , Dr. Who
Just when you thought neural networks couldn’t get creepier

Just when you thought neural networks couldn’t get creepier

There’s a neural network framework called pix2pix [http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fphillipi%2Fpix2pix&t=YjUyMzc2NTM3ZDcxOTg5MjBhNmEzZWI4N2M3MGY3ODA5ZDYzY2I0Mix6RWxsUk1ieA%3D%3D&b=t%3AIinBpZOgiMHH_bphj7hrOQ&p=http%3A%2F%2Flewisandquark.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F159654519362%2Ffun-with-a-neural-net-that-transforms-line&m=1] that can be trained to
The neural network will name your next band

The neural network will name your next band

An important part of starting a new band is choosing an appropriate name. It is crucial that the name be unique, or you could risk at best confusion, and at worst an expensive lawsuit. The neural network is here to help. Prof. Mark Riedl of Georgia Tech, who recently provided
More 80s action figures from the neural network

More 80s action figures from the neural network

Earlier, I posted a collection of action figure names [http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/161131639137/80s-action-figures-designed-by-neural-network] generated by a neural network trained on a list of about 3,700 action figures from the 1980s and 1990s, from lines including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, Transformers, and My Little
80′s action figures, designed by neural network

80′s action figures, designed by neural network

Part of the power of a recursive neural network is that the same framework can teach itself to generate text in a huge variety of styles. So far I’ve used it to generate things like recipes [http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/140219420017/the-silicon-gourmet-training-a-neural-network-to] , Dr. Who episode titles [http://lewisandquark.

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objectdreams [http://objectdreams.tumblr.com/post/139492198984/craigslist-ad-written-using-a-predictive-text] : > craigslist ad > written using a predictive text interface > source: several hundred chicago-area craigslist ads for cars and pets “Part of the interior is leather”
Paint colors designed by neural network, Part 2

Paint colors designed by neural network, Part 2

So it turns out you can train a neural network [http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/160776374467/new-paint-colors-invented-by-neural-network] to generate paint colors if you give it a list of 7,700 Sherwin-Williams paint colors [https://images.sherwin-williams.com/content_images/sw-pdf-sherwin-williams-color.pdf] as input. How a neural network basically works is
Paint colors designed by neural network, Part 2

Paint colors designed by neural network, Part 2

So it turns out you can train a neural network [http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/160776374467/new-paint-colors-invented-by-neural-network] to generate paint colors if you give it a list of 7,700 Sherwin-Williams paint colors [https://images.sherwin-williams.com/content_images/sw-pdf-sherwin-williams-color.pdf] as input. How a neural network basically works is
Fun with a neural net that transforms line drawings to cats

Fun with a neural net that transforms line drawings to cats

robotlaughs [https://robotlaughs.tumblr.com/post/160785806733/fun-with-a-neural-net-that-transforms-line] : > lewisandquark [http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/159654519362/fun-with-a-neural-net-that-transforms-line] : > So there’s a neural network framework called pix2pix [https://github.com/phillipi/pix2pix] that can be trained to learn how to transform one type of image into another. It’s been
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