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"It’s sad that DeepDream is technically abandonware. I did some work on porting it to a webservice in a Docker container last summer, it’s history worth keeping" (github.com)

submitted 7 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/notawfultech@awful.systems

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skeet: https://bsky.app/profile/kezz.io/post/3kpzm7ya6tb2g

from back when AI hallucinations were hallucinatory

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[–] sinedpick@awful.systems 20 points 7 months ago

Maybe it's a sort of recency bias but I feel like the old CNN/GAN image generators produced far more visually interesting "art" than the hyper-realistic unnerving shit that today's generative models put out.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Reject modernity (wrong number of fingers), embrace tradition (SPIRAL EYE-HOLES ARE WATCHING YOU)

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

DOGS, ALL DOGS

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 14 points 7 months ago

"And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings, and every one was a good dog before the Lord, Bront"

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 12 points 7 months ago

long live the trypophobia & ommetaphobia automation tool

[–] JohnBierce@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago

RIP digital drug trip, you were actually pretty cool