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I'm only reading about people getting really uncomfortable looking at this (on reddit). To me it did nothing, although I also couldn't recognise any of the ite
by jann 7y ago
I'm only reading about people getting really uncomfortable looking at this (on reddit).
To me it did nothing, although I also couldn't recognise any of the items in the picture.
Does anyone else have the same experience?
- n1000 7y agoI can't say why, but these kind of images are really disturbing to me. They give me a mixture of disgust and anxiety...
- jerf 7y agoI suspect there's more neurodiversity in our image processing stacks than we realize, and we've never before been able to observe it because all of our prior input was actually from a relatively small part of the possible image sample space that the real world can generate. I find this mildly amusing, but I do the surreal and bizarre for entertainment routinely anyhow. But for the same reasons that I seek out those sensations, I find myself having sympathy for those who rather than seeking them out for occasional changes of pace, can't get away from them as they are haunted every moment of the day and night. That would be much less fun, to put it exceedingly mildly.
- pure-awesome 7y agoYes, same here. Mild amusement but no discomfort. Had a discussion about it in a Facebook comment thread, and asked on or two of my friends. From my _very_ small sample size the number of neutral vs uncomfortable people seems about equal. I suspect the people who feel most uncomfortable are the most vocal. Would be interesting to do a poll.
- benj111 7y agoI found it unsettling. At first glance it's "oh easy I can easily spot something in there, like that... Oh... Uh?" I guess its been crafted to tickle the pattern matching part of the brain, so it looks familiar, but not? Like the uncanny valley?
- xattt 7y agoThere’s at least a jewelry stand in that image you see at a flea market.
- kapep 7y agoCompared to most DeepDream images this one isn't unsettling at all to me. I guess if you have seen a lot generated images, they become more familiar and less unsettling.
- mac01021 7y agoYes.
- Lewton 7y agoPart of the reason people on reddit are reacting like that is because the OP on Reddit framed it with the bullshit title about it simulating a stroke. Frame it differently and people would be more likely to go “huh, that’s weird”
- georgiecasey 7y agoi felt nothing until i read the comments saying it was unsettling, THEN i got a bit unsettled viewing it. i must be easily led!
- SirHound 7y agoThe first time I was the same. I looked at it a second time and the longer I looked it felt increasingly uncomfortable, almost to the point of panic.