# Computers on Acid: weird pictures **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-on-acid-weird-pictures/722972 "2015-06-19T21:06:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-on-acid-weird-pictures/722972/1 "2015-06-19T21:06:32Z")
When neural networks trained to recognize certain objects (animals, buildings, etc.) are set find them even when there are none. Or when their own output is fed back for multiple iterations. > **[Inceptionism: Going Deeper into Neural Networks](https://ai.googleblog.com/2015/06/inceptionism-going-deeper-into-neural.html)** ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-on-acid-weird-pictures/722972/2 "2015-06-19T22:24:27Z")
It’s interesting how very similar many of those images are to things I’ve seen under the influence of psychedelics. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-on-acid-weird-pictures/722972/3 "2015-06-19T23:47:54Z")
The prevalence of arched doorways that exist in the world must be greater than I would have expected. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-on-acid-weird-pictures/722972/4 "2015-06-20T06:31:10Z")
I’ve done shit like that for years; didn’t know it was a “thing.” ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-on-acid-weird-pictures/722972/5 "2015-06-20T07:24:25Z")
[From Yesterday](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=759998) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-on-acid-weird-pictures/722972/6 "2015-06-20T14:05:50Z")
An interesting point: With the dumbbell example, where all of the images ended up also including a muscular arm, they say that their program failed to extract the essence of “dumbbell”. But one might argue that it did, in fact, extract that essence: It captured not only the form of the dummbell itself, but also its function. A dumbbell isn’t just two heavy disks with a rod between: It’s two heavy disks with a rod between that is lifted by a muscular arm. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-on-acid-weird-pictures/722972/7 "2015-06-21T00:00:14Z")
It looks like the art my aunt has been making for about 20 years. She may have done some acid back in the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computers-on-acid-weird-pictures/722972/8 "2015-06-21T23:12:56Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > It’s interesting how very similar many of those images are to things I’ve seen under the influence of psychedelics. Totally. If I hadn’t known what they were, I’d assume they were [“machine elves”](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22machine+elves%22&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=k0SHVdzrCZLkoASOy7O4Cg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=931).