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I'm stealing one of those to use as my avatar. For some inexplicable reason, I find this earth-shatteringly fascinating. If such a bewildering array of patter
by czep 10y ago
I'm stealing one of those to use as my avatar.
For some inexplicable reason, I find this earth-shatteringly fascinating. If such a bewildering array of patterns can be found in random noise, maybe all patterns -- our attempts to ascribe order to the universe -- are illusive.
- maggit 10y agoThis is certainly beautiful! And fascinating! But be careful about drawing metaphysical conclusions from this. This is only an example of selection bias. Take random noise, filter it and select examples that probably look animal-like to humans. If the classification algorithm is worth its salt, the selected images are bound to look interesting. A comparison could be made to the Rorschach test; if the patient finds clear images in the ink blot, that is supposed to say something about the patient, not the image, because the image is by construction random.
- IanCal 10y ago> If such a bewildering array of patterns can be found in random noise, maybe all patterns -- our attempts to ascribe order to the universe -- are illusive. It's certainly a justification for using statistics to back up what "feels" like a "true pattern" when really it's just noise.
- CharlesDodgson 10y agoYeah same, it's really lovely.