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Man Combines Random People’s Photos Using Neural Networks And The Results Are Amazing
If you're not sure what you're looking at when you look at the pictures below, don't worry, you're probably not alone. But rest assured, your eyes don't need testing and your screen doesn't need fixing. Because these bizarre images, created by users via Russian website Ostagram, are the product of an art technique known as Inceptionism, where images are combined using neural networks to generate a single mind-bending picture.
A neural network is a computational model based on the structure of a biological neural network. In other words, it works like a human brain. Conventional software operates within strict parameters but artificial neural networks have the ability to "learn" by being fed more and more data over time.
The images are possible thanks to DeepDream software, which finds and enhances patterns in images by a process known as algorithmic pareidolia. It was pioneered by Google and was originally code-named Inception after the film of the same name. And looking at these pictures, it’s easy to see why.
If you understand Russian then head over to Ostagram to make your own crazy Inceptionist artwork!
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MatejSedláček 8 years ago
Are these pictures accesible in higher resolution? I would LOVE to print them on my wall!
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CleverFool 8 years ago
I see a beautiful symbol of the beautiful interconnectedness of life and death.
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FrancescoNoferi 8 years ago
source of the pic http://www.zerochan.net/1233243 anime: carnival phantasm
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LeonGatys 8 years ago
those guys basically copied the stuff we invented - if you want to get HD images you should check out the original: http://deepart.io/ Best Leon
DouglasEck 8 years ago
Leon is absolutely correct. This work is by him and his team. http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.06576. It differs from Deep Dream in that it takes two inputs, a "style" image and a "content" image and it reproduces the content image in the target style.
Martin Franěk 8 years ago
You are correct, Ostagram - wich is linked is published on github as https://github.com/SergeyMorugin/ostagram relies on https://github.com/jcjohnson/neural-style wich cites Leons original work
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LeonGatys 8 years ago
those guys basically copied the stuff we invented - if you want to get HD images you should check out the original: http://deepart.io/ Best Leon
DouglasEck 8 years ago
Leon is absolutely correct. This work is by him and his team. http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.06576. It differs from Deep Dream in that it takes two inputs, a "style" image and a "content" image and it reproduces the content image in the target style.
Martin Franěk 8 years ago
You are correct, Ostagram - wich is linked is published on github as https://github.com/SergeyMorugin/ostagram relies on https://github.com/jcjohnson/neural-style wich cites Leons original work
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