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I don't see how this is surprising. The noise pattern in the first figure looks cat-like: I can see the ears, the head, the paws, the front half of the body… Ha
by wizzwizz4 3y ago
I don't see how this is surprising. The noise pattern in the first figure looks cat-like: I can see the ears, the head, the paws, the front half of the body… Having that “seemingly random pattern” to trace over would probably let me sketch a cat, something I can't normally do without a reference. (Though, the face is muddled and in the wrong place – almost like it's a cat collage – so I might only get the outline of a cat.)
This study's result is implied by the stronger result: “a neural network's notion of a category sometimes resembles members of the category”. I'm sure a competent sketch artist could yield similar or better results, being able to take advantage of peculiarities of the human visual system. (In fact, that might be a good follow-up study: I might claim it if nobody else does.)
- falcolas 3y agoMaybe my brain's just odd... but I don't see the cat-like figure in the noise. I just see noise. There are a few edges, but nothing really cat-like to my mind. My subconscious pattern recognition for faces and such has always been weak, fwiw.
- ChatGTP 3y agoSame
- hytfyiv3j 3y agoIf you actually went through with it, traced over that picture and posted it back to the thread that would be nice, as it seems not everyone can see it as clearly as you can. Maybe even the original authors would appreciate it.
- wizzwizz4 3y agohttps://0x0.st/H62J.ora https://0x0.st/H62J.ora This is not a permanent link, and it's not my server so please don't hammer it. Well, it turns out I can't mouse-draw, even when I'm tracing, but I've given it a go. It's supposed to be a cat walking from the right to the left of the image. The first layer has a better head, and the second layer has a better front leg and ears. Note that my lines obscure the recognisable features, so you'll have to switch the layer off to see them. I traced dark shapes in the first one, and light shapes in the second. If you compare with the flowers layer, regions I identified as “better” in each trace correspond to amplification of the flowers image: the "good" leg outline in the second (light) layer lines up with the (light) stem of the flower, etc.
- im3w1l 3y agoI took a look and my brain must be wired differently from yours because I don't really see it.