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This appears to be the source of the mysterious image that showed up on Reddit's /r/machinelearning the other day too: https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning

by moyix 11y ago

This appears to be the source of the mysterious image that showed up on Reddit's /r/machinelearning the other day too: https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/3a1ebc/image_generated_by_a_convolutional_network/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/3a1ebc/ima...

userbinator 11y ago
It reminds me of that parrot image that was said to crash human brains, only even more intense. I certainly experienced some effect, as while looking at it and trying to figure out what exactly it was, I felt my head heating up --- probably increased blood flow.
- walterbell 11y ago
  I stopped after a few seconds of ocular recursion. A new category of warning label :)
- teraflop 11y ago
  In case anyone hasn't read the story this is referring to: "BLIT" by David Langford. http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm
  - shard 11y ago
    Ah, so it's Monty Python's funniest joke in the world in visual form: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ienp4J3pW7U https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ienp4J3pW7U
  - Houshalter 11y ago
    There's also a few sequels: http://ansible.uk/writing/c-b-faq.html http://ansible.uk/writing/c-b-faq.html http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/different-kinds-of-darkness/ http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/different-kinds-of... And What Happened at Cambridge IV, which I can't find online.
    - JonnieCache 11y ago
      Here's What Happened at Cambridge IV: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5d9hHvD-T7gC&lpg=PA264&ots=4iPFt60kwj&dq=What%20Happened%20at%20Cambridge%20IV&pg=PA264#v=onepage&q=What%20Happened%20at%20Cambridge%20IV&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5d9hHvD-T7gC&lpg=PA264&o... This last story makes the ML images even more disturbing! Highly recommend these stories. They'd make a great black mirror episode.
      - david-given 11y ago
        Google Books previews appears to block pages randomly per user --- I don't see the entire text, unfortunately.
  - eli_gottlieb 11y ago
    Wow. People thought the weirdest stuff about logic and brains back in the day.
mhax 11y ago
That image was so striking and appeared to come out of nowhere. Was it some kind of marketing ploy do you think? I'm glad to have found the source anyway.
- drcode 11y ago
  If I was part of the Google marketing machine and a developer wanted to make that nightmare image public, I'd veto them in a Mountain View minute.
  - tdaltonc 11y ago
    Ya the PR team would have probably gone with this one: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPX0SCl7OzWilt9LnuQliattX4OUCj_8EP65_cTVnBmS1jnYgsGQAieQUc1VQWdgQ/photo/AF1QipPq_sGlqxsEk855ZQFhfYvjyqULDduVhbn9-oU7?key=aVBxWjhwSzg2RjJWLWRuVFBBZEN1d205bUdEMnhB https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPX0SCl7OzWilt9LnuQliat...
kzrdude 11y ago
That image is very unpleasant. I get creeps from fractals, but now my whole body is itching. Humans are weird.

by moyix 11y ago

userbinator 11y ago

It reminds me of that parrot image that was said to crash human brains, only even more intense. I certainly experienced some effect, as while looking at it and trying to figure out what exactly it was, I felt my head heating up --- probably increased blood flow.

walterbell 11y ago
I stopped after a few seconds of ocular recursion. A new category of warning label :)
teraflop 11y ago
In case anyone hasn't read the story this is referring to: "BLIT" by David Langford. http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm
- shard 11y ago
  Ah, so it's Monty Python's funniest joke in the world in visual form: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ienp4J3pW7U https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ienp4J3pW7U
- Houshalter 11y ago
  There's also a few sequels: http://ansible.uk/writing/c-b-faq.html http://ansible.uk/writing/c-b-faq.html http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/different-kinds-of-darkness/ http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/different-kinds-of... And What Happened at Cambridge IV, which I can't find online.
  - JonnieCache 11y ago
    Here's What Happened at Cambridge IV: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5d9hHvD-T7gC&lpg=PA264&ots=4iPFt60kwj&dq=What%20Happened%20at%20Cambridge%20IV&pg=PA264#v=onepage&q=What%20Happened%20at%20Cambridge%20IV&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5d9hHvD-T7gC&lpg=PA264&o... This last story makes the ML images even more disturbing! Highly recommend these stories. They'd make a great black mirror episode.
    - david-given 11y ago
      Google Books previews appears to block pages randomly per user --- I don't see the entire text, unfortunately.
- eli_gottlieb 11y ago
  Wow. People thought the weirdest stuff about logic and brains back in the day.

mhax 11y ago

That image was so striking and appeared to come out of nowhere. Was it some kind of marketing ploy do you think? I'm glad to have found the source anyway.

drcode 11y ago
If I was part of the Google marketing machine and a developer wanted to make that nightmare image public, I'd veto them in a Mountain View minute.
- tdaltonc 11y ago
  Ya the PR team would have probably gone with this one: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPX0SCl7OzWilt9LnuQliattX4OUCj_8EP65_cTVnBmS1jnYgsGQAieQUc1VQWdgQ/photo/AF1QipPq_sGlqxsEk855ZQFhfYvjyqULDduVhbn9-oU7?key=aVBxWjhwSzg2RjJWLWRuVFBBZEN1d205bUdEMnhB https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPX0SCl7OzWilt9LnuQliat...

kzrdude 11y ago

That image is very unpleasant. I get creeps from fractals, but now my whole body is itching. Humans are weird.