Tuesday 7 July 2015

Google Neural Network


The bods at Google Chocolate Factory have been tinkering (as usual) and have created some sort of neural network... at least that's what we think they've done. The side-effect of this supposed 'self-learning' network is that it creates some pretty trippy images from image content these Google bods added... and they've now released the source code.

Trouble is, all the normal folk on the web have no fucking idea on what's required to get it up and running.

It appears that you have to install Python, a whole bunch of dependencies, add a few drops of the tears of a unicorn and voila! You have a partially functioning command line based 'thing' that only an advanced alien species would understand.

I took a look at it because from a graphic designer's point of view the art produced from it looked awesome. Shame really as I was looking forward to putting a few of my images through it to see what it would make of them...

The picture below shows a post that pretty-much sums up what people have been wanting to say in response to Google's source code release of deep dream.