AI Weirdness: the strange side of machine learning
A neural net names mushrooms

A neural net names mushrooms

When neural nets try to name things, the results can be indisputably weird. Every once in a while, I come across an arena where the human-invented names are every bit as strange as those a neural net can come up with. Often, scientists are to blame. Species of bird [https:
Dungeon crawling or lucid dreaming?

Dungeon crawling or lucid dreaming?

I’ve done several experiments with a text-generating neural network called GPT-2. Trained at great expense by OpenAI (to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars worth of computing power), GPT-2 learned to imitate all kinds of text from the internet. I’ve interacted with the basic model, discovering
First there was SkyKnit. Now there's HAT3000

First there was SkyKnit. Now there's HAT3000

[Chunky Hat”, crocheted by Joannastar] A while ago, I tried to train a neural network to generate knitting patterns by showing it a few thousand existing patterns so it could use trial and error to generate new patterns. I called the project SkyKnit [https://aiweirdness.com/post/173096796277/skyknit-when-knitters-teamed-up-with-a-neural] , and
Your new XFL football teams

Your new XFL football teams

The XFL is a strange thing - an alternative American football league led by the CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment where the regular football rules are altered for maximum entertainment value. On Wednesday, the XFL revealed the names and logos of the 20 teams that the league had created for
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