Using machine-learning to auto-gen scary faces and hauntify buildings

Cory Doctorow 12:25 am Sun Oct 23, 2016

The Nightmare Machine is an MIT project to use machine learning image-processing to make imagery for Hallowe'en. The Face Generator isn't quite as successful as the filters that make scariness…

The Nightmare Machine is an MIT project to use machine learning image-processing to make imagery for Hallowe'en.

The Face Generator isn't quite as successful as the filters that make scariness out of existing photos, but you can help train it. I suppose it's just a matter of time until someone adds the NSFW filter to these.

Since centuries, across geographies, religions, and cultures people try to innovate ways of scaring each other. Creating a visceral emotion such a fear remains one of the cornerstones of human creativity. This challenge is especially important in a time where we wonder what the limits of Artificial Intelligence are: Can machines learn to scare us? Towards this goal, we present you Haunted Faces and Haunted Places: computer generated scary imagery powered by deep learning algorithms and evil spirits!

NIGHTMARE MACHINE [MIT]

(via Dan Hon)

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