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Made me remember a series of books from '70s-'90s in Poland (about computer programming), somewhat similar in style, although I thought they were more so before

by akavel 12y ago

Made me remember a series of books from '70s-'90s in Poland (about computer programming), somewhat similar in style, although I thought they were more so before googling. In case you'd be interested: http://imgur.com/JvhuomK http://imgur.com/JvhuomK http://imgur.com/Ktnec4l http://imgur.com/Ktnec4l

userbinator 12y ago
On first glance, those look almost like an Arabic letter. I suppose that for more abstract topics like programming, an abstract-looking cover is pretty common. Also similar, this set of famous theoretical physics books: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sj0HK_o3hD0/TlhDu7sl_FI/AAAAAAAAAho/UsejTjAdNcc/s1600/Course+Of+Theoretical+Physics+%2528Landau+and+Lifshitz%2529.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sj0HK_o3hD0/TlhDu7sl_FI/AAAAAAAAAh...
- walterbell 12y ago
  These are a great balance of similarity and differentiation. Is there software which models the human perceptual system, e.g. algorithms that have been trained on fanous art? Related: http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/an-intelligent-algorithm-made-a-discovery-that-slipped-past-art-historians-for-years http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/an-intelligent-algor... "For their research, the team chose 1,700 paintings by 66 artists, covering the 15th to the late 20th century. Using a technique that analyzes visual concepts called "classemes"—wherein objects, color shades, subjects' movement, and more are marked—the researchers created a list of 3,000 classemes for each painting, data which The Physics arXiv Blog compares to a vector. Then, they used an artificially intelligent algorithm to evaluate the vectors and look for similarities or overlapping qualities among the 1,700 paintings. ArXiv adds, "To create a ground truth against which to measure their results, they also collate expert opinions on which these artists have influenced the others."

by akavel 12y ago

userbinator 12y ago

On first glance, those look almost like an Arabic letter. I suppose that for more abstract topics like programming, an abstract-looking cover is pretty common. Also similar, this set of famous theoretical physics books: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sj0HK_o3hD0/TlhDu7sl_FI/AAAAAAAAAho/UsejTjAdNcc/s1600/Course+Of+Theoretical+Physics+%2528Landau+and+Lifshitz%2529.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sj0HK_o3hD0/TlhDu7sl_FI/AAAAAAAAAh...

walterbell 12y ago
These are a great balance of similarity and differentiation. Is there software which models the human perceptual system, e.g. algorithms that have been trained on fanous art? Related: http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/an-intelligent-algorithm-made-a-discovery-that-slipped-past-art-historians-for-years http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/an-intelligent-algor... "For their research, the team chose 1,700 paintings by 66 artists, covering the 15th to the late 20th century. Using a technique that analyzes visual concepts called "classemes"—wherein objects, color shades, subjects' movement, and more are marked—the researchers created a list of 3,000 classemes for each painting, data which The Physics arXiv Blog compares to a vector. Then, they used an artificially intelligent algorithm to evaluate the vectors and look for similarities or overlapping qualities among the 1,700 paintings. ArXiv adds, "To create a ground truth against which to measure their results, they also collate expert opinions on which these artists have influenced the others."