![]() ![]() ![]() It’s the kind of terrifying acid trip only the brain of a computer can dream up (or Fear and Loathing artist Ralph Steadman). 'Deep dream' is an image-filtering technique which consists of taking an image classification model, and running gradient ascent over an input image to try to maximize the activations of specific layers (and sometimes, specific units in specific layers) for this input. In one instance, when an LSD-seeking man portrayed by Lyle Lovett yells out to solicit drugs, the interior of his mouth houses a third eyeball. In this scene, Thompson (played by Johnny Depp) flashes back to the Electric Kool-Acid Tests however, the Google Deep Dream algorithm adds an extra layer of psychedelia over what’s already a surreal scene.Īs Depp wades through the San Francisco scene, with Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love” pounding in the background, borders morph and people’s faces melt briefly into basset hounds and other household pets. After Google announced their algorithm last month, the question immediately became: What would happen if you apply that algorithm and its breakthrough in neural networking to something already exceedingly trippy? The answer is this acid-fried clip from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the 1998 film adaptation of Hunter S. Without getting too immersed in the MIT-level details, suffice to say Google’s Deep Dream algorithm makes ordinary images look like all-out LSD trips. ![]()
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