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These click bait AI articles with almost no content are becoming more common on YC. The fact that the author made no mention of seeding the results is a lie thr
by strgrd 9y ago
These click bait AI articles with almost no content are becoming more common on YC. The fact that the author made no mention of seeding the results is a lie through omission. A lot of the hype machine around so-called "neural networks" has to do with the language used, that is so far out of touch with the reality of the work: "training", "learning", "creativity", "inventing." These are glorified Markov chains.
- CPLX 9y agoI found it to be quite the opposite. The title is simple and matter of fact, not clickbait, but the actual article is genuinely hilarious.
- strgrd 9y ago> New paint colors invented by neural network These aren't new colors, they are new color names. And they weren't invented by a neural network, the names were generated with seed words like "poop" or "stanky", and a language processing algorithm matched the seed words based on certain criteria and statistical models of a 7500-word database. There is definitely an element of "invention" in the sense of "making up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive." The deception here is that a simple language processing algorithm is capable of "invention."