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pareidolia

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Seeing faces or familiar shapes in random patterns, like clouds or wood grain. AI image models are prone to it too, as DeepDream showed.

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Pareidolia, the idea that the human eye will try to find patterns where there are none. You will try to find faces in urinals or bushes or whatever have you.

Marius Watz, Marius Watz on Pre-Modern Generative Art

With le travail des rêves, I am constructing pareidolia [seeing meaningful images in random patterns] rather than exact representation. The computing power I summon remains low and the algorithms I use are intentionally old.

aurèce vettier, machine rêverie

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