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Game designer and art director Daniel Solis has been sharing the results of his experiments with machine learning algorithms that can be trained to generate art: Generated covers for The Ultimate Board Game were fun, as were his collection of impossible birds (shared previously). His latest: These New Yorker Cartoons Do Not Exist--new cartoons generated based on a data set of old cartoons from the magazine.
it's a ziggy!
this scratches some very deep itch i didn't know i had. i think the therapist is my favorite - like of course an ai trained on the new yorker understands the ideas of putting degrees on your wall. i wonder if these types of programs boil away the surface detail to show you what is really prevalent in your images... or if it's just that some shapes (rectangles?) are easy to grasp. anyway thanks inkslinger!
posted by nightcoast at 9:59 AM on March 29, 2022
this scratches some very deep itch i didn't know i had. i think the therapist is my favorite - like of course an ai trained on the new yorker understands the ideas of putting degrees on your wall. i wonder if these types of programs boil away the surface detail to show you what is really prevalent in your images... or if it's just that some shapes (rectangles?) are easy to grasp. anyway thanks inkslinger!
posted by nightcoast at 9:59 AM on March 29, 2022
AI-generated English captions look Armenian.
posted by The Tensor at 10:20 AM on March 29, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by The Tensor at 10:20 AM on March 29, 2022 [2 favorites]
Generated covers for The Ultimate Board Game
A decade or two of Eurogames has trained me to expect that any celebrated board game will have a sour-looking seventeenth-century wool merchant of Antwerp on the box.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 12:05 PM on March 29, 2022 [4 favorites]
A decade or two of Eurogames has trained me to expect that any celebrated board game will have a sour-looking seventeenth-century wool merchant of Antwerp on the box.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 12:05 PM on March 29, 2022 [4 favorites]
The Non-Yorker cartoons all need “Christ, what an asshole.” at the bottom.
posted by GenjiandProust at 12:13 PM on March 29, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 12:13 PM on March 29, 2022 [3 favorites]
The New Yorker should use these cartoons for the back-page caption contest.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 2:00 PM on March 29, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by Ursula Hitler at 2:00 PM on March 29, 2022 [5 favorites]
The Non-Yorker cartoons all need “Christ, what an asshole.” at the bottom.
Given how the captions came out of machine learning, I think this calls for some zalgo.
C̵̨̪̫̫͎͉͎͙̲͈̜̼̬̏̅͗̈́̍́̈́͒̀͐̑͝͝h̵̢̫̘̰̤̹͍̣̙̮͙͇̣͇̏̐̉̀r̵̡̺̥̙̣͎̖͙̼̘̣͓̜̃̔́͆͒̓̅͗͂͆͘͝͠i̴̪̭̟͔̗̣̓̓̈́̓̄̄̕͝͝s̷̡͍̼̯͓̻̟̯̳̃̑̋̉̕̚t̵̯̣̰̳̲̗̙͑̃̒̆̏̃͒́̐̍͛͂̈͆ͅ,̶̳̹̩̮̚ ̵͉͚̗̮̽w̵̛̼̲͚̻̖̱̪̻͉̘̲̗̜̝̋ẖ̶̡̨̯̱̹̝̦̞͓̩̟̱̑̽͋͊̿̕͝ͅǎ̶̧̹̺͍̳̮̜͎̫̥̗̤ͅt̵̡̘̞̮̣͂͋̎͗̓̈́ ̴̛̮̟͈͉̹̺̪̈̂̎̅̔̃̑̇̈́͛̉̆a̴̤̙̯͇̻̖̍̐͆̄ñ̷̨̥̜͙͙̞͇̦̭̖ͅ ̸̺̠́̈̂̀̓̉̂̽̐͠a̶̢̞̹̜̰̜̘̻̱̩̺̩͉̹͗̐̒͠͝s̸̢̨̛̤͓̦̝̞̜̩͖͚͂̃̒̍̾̇͊̐̈̎̈́͜͝s̴̠͐́̒̍h̸̬̽̉̑̌͠͝o̴͎͔̒̀́̂̾̆͆͋̈́̚͘͝ḽ̵̱̊͒̌͛̉̒͛̾̈͝e̴̗̣̞̝͎̣͊
posted by RonButNotStupid at 5:24 AM on March 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Given how the captions came out of machine learning, I think this calls for some zalgo.
C̵̨̪̫̫͎͉͎͙̲͈̜̼̬̏̅͗̈́̍́̈́͒̀͐̑͝͝h̵̢̫̘̰̤̹͍̣̙̮͙͇̣͇̏̐̉̀r̵̡̺̥̙̣͎̖͙̼̘̣͓̜̃̔́͆͒̓̅͗͂͆͘͝͠i̴̪̭̟͔̗̣̓̓̈́̓̄̄̕͝͝s̷̡͍̼̯͓̻̟̯̳̃̑̋̉̕̚t̵̯̣̰̳̲̗̙͑̃̒̆̏̃͒́̐̍͛͂̈͆ͅ,̶̳̹̩̮̚ ̵͉͚̗̮̽w̵̛̼̲͚̻̖̱̪̻͉̘̲̗̜̝̋ẖ̶̡̨̯̱̹̝̦̞͓̩̟̱̑̽͋͊̿̕͝ͅǎ̶̧̹̺͍̳̮̜͎̫̥̗̤ͅt̵̡̘̞̮̣͂͋̎͗̓̈́ ̴̛̮̟͈͉̹̺̪̈̂̎̅̔̃̑̇̈́͛̉̆a̴̤̙̯͇̻̖̍̐͆̄ñ̷̨̥̜͙͙̞͇̦̭̖ͅ ̸̺̠́̈̂̀̓̉̂̽̐͠a̶̢̞̹̜̰̜̘̻̱̩̺̩͉̹͗̐̒͠͝s̸̢̨̛̤͓̦̝̞̜̩͖͚͂̃̒̍̾̇͊̐̈̎̈́͜͝s̴̠͐́̒̍h̸̬̽̉̑̌͠͝o̴͎͔̒̀́̂̾̆͆͋̈́̚͘͝ḽ̵̱̊͒̌͛̉̒͛̾̈͝e̴̗̣̞̝͎̣͊
posted by RonButNotStupid at 5:24 AM on March 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
These are genuinely deeply disturbing to me.
posted by Rock Steady at 12:10 PM on March 30, 2022
posted by Rock Steady at 12:10 PM on March 30, 2022
It occurs to me that "These are genuinely deeply disturbing to me." is a serviceable generic New Yorker cartoon caption.
posted by Rock Steady at 12:11 PM on March 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Rock Steady at 12:11 PM on March 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
Metafilter: It occurs to me that
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 4:31 AM on March 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 4:31 AM on March 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
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