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plot twist: it's a cluster of servers running deep dream

by snek 7y ago

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synaesthesisx 7y ago
I was thinking the same thing - Style Transfer GAN's
KingFelix 7y ago
hahah, I came here to say that!! I was thinking the same thing, I wonder if it's a combination. Like maybe they do have people hand drawing things and they are using that to train a NN of some kind so eventually it's all CG images.
jonplackett 7y ago
I just assumed that was what it was and only realised it wasn’t from this comment.
- chrischen 7y ago
  We don't use deep dream, but a CNN to power our Instant Preview Tool: http://instapainting.com/assets http://instapainting.com/assets
  - chrisfarms 7y ago
    Tell us more... Is this for previews of the artist assigned you? Or something else?
    - chrischen 7y ago
      It’s for a preview for select styles that we have pre-trained models for. If you like it the artist is given the style image to paint it for you. It’s a gimmick but often the results are not bad. Plus a lot of people always ask for an “instant preview” and this is the best we can currently do.
  - frequentnapper 7y ago
    I don't understand. Your website is instapainting, which is different from the one posted. Why are you fielding questions on their behalf and linking to your site?
    - jpatokal 7y ago
      Because their site is relevant to the question asked?
      - frequentnapper 7y ago
        how so? it's specifically asking the poster about a process. Then some other service is telling them about their own process while advertising their site, which is also a direct competitor to theirs.
        chrischen 7y ago
        The OP was joking about the plot twist but as it turns out we actually did the plot twist! We released one of the first free to try deep-learning powered photo to painting service shortly after the paper was published in 2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10162121 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10162121. The initial version was a general one that took 1 day to train each image uploaded, and worked on arbitrary images. That being said I think your belief somehow these comments shouldn't be used to promote competitors—at the expense of hiding potentially relevant comments from the community—is misguided. Ultimately HN, and even Show HN, are here to serve the interests of the community first—not the poster. I personally always appreciate when reading "launch HN" when someone summarizes the competitive landscape because this information helps me, the community member, and so that HN doesn't simply become a PR channel for every startup. It would make sense if this were an actual advertisement (say, on Facebook) that you'd get rid of comments mentioning competitors, but this isn't an ad platform, and I think mentioning competitors contributes to the discussion around what is being launched. Comments and discussion should benefit the community first, and not the poster of the story.
        7y ago

plot twist: it's a cluster of servers running deep dream

by snek 7y ago

plot twist: it's a cluster of servers running deep dream

deleted 7y ago

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synaesthesisx 7y ago

I was thinking the same thing - Style Transfer GAN's

KingFelix 7y ago

hahah, I came here to say that!! I was thinking the same thing, I wonder if it's a combination. Like maybe they do have people hand drawing things and they are using that to train a NN of some kind so eventually it's all CG images.

jonplackett 7y ago

I just assumed that was what it was and only realised it wasn’t from this comment.

chrischen 7y ago
We don't use deep dream, but a CNN to power our Instant Preview Tool: http://instapainting.com/assets http://instapainting.com/assets
- chrisfarms 7y ago
  Tell us more... Is this for previews of the artist assigned you? Or something else?
  - chrischen 7y ago
    It’s for a preview for select styles that we have pre-trained models for. If you like it the artist is given the style image to paint it for you. It’s a gimmick but often the results are not bad. Plus a lot of people always ask for an “instant preview” and this is the best we can currently do.
- frequentnapper 7y ago
  I don't understand. Your website is instapainting, which is different from the one posted. Why are you fielding questions on their behalf and linking to your site?
  - jpatokal 7y ago
    Because their site is relevant to the question asked?
    - frequentnapper 7y ago
      how so? it's specifically asking the poster about a process. Then some other service is telling them about their own process while advertising their site, which is also a direct competitor to theirs.
      - chrischen 7y ago
        The OP was joking about the plot twist but as it turns out we actually did the plot twist! We released one of the first free to try deep-learning powered photo to painting service shortly after the paper was published in 2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10162121 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10162121. The initial version was a general one that took 1 day to train each image uploaded, and worked on arbitrary images. That being said I think your belief somehow these comments shouldn't be used to promote competitors—at the expense of hiding potentially relevant comments from the community—is misguided. Ultimately HN, and even Show HN, are here to serve the interests of the community first—not the poster. I personally always appreciate when reading "launch HN" when someone summarizes the competitive landscape because this information helps me, the community member, and so that HN doesn't simply become a PR channel for every startup. It would make sense if this were an actual advertisement (say, on Facebook) that you'd get rid of comments mentioning competitors, but this isn't an ad platform, and I think mentioning competitors contributes to the discussion around what is being launched. Comments and discussion should benefit the community first, and not the poster of the story.
        7y ago