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Once again, a neural net tries to name cats

Once again, a neural net tries to name cats

By Janelle Shane On June 03, 2019 - 3 min read
Last year I trained a neural net to generate new names for kittens, by giving it a list of over 8,000 existing cat names to imitate. Starting from scratch, with zero knowledge of English or any context for the words and letter combinations it was trying out, it tried
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Neural networks + Kittens = !!!

Neural networks + Kittens = !!!

By Janelle Shane On June 29, 2017 - 5 min read
It was inevitable that the neural network, having named all kinds of internet datasets, should turn its talents to naming cats. And what an occasion! The AFK Cat Rescue of Huntsville, Alabama contacted me because they had an exceptionally adorable bunch of kittens (plus one magnificent Persian) who need names
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