Michael Rowe

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What algorithmic art can teach us about artificial intelligence

To humans, the pictures look like haphazard arrangements of lines and blobs that lack any obvious immediate structure. But to algorithms trained to see the world on our behalf, they leap off the page as specific objects: electric fans, sewing machines, and lawnmowers. The prints are optical illusions, but only computers can see the hidden image.

Source: Vincent, J. (2018). What algorithmic art can teach us about artificial intelligence.

What I found really interesting was how “obvious” the pictures were once I read the caption. It becomes clear how much information our brains can fill in once we know what we’re looking at.


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