Another Smart Software Milestone: An Image of a Hamburger Improved

October 2, 2018

I read an article which I don’t think was intended to make me laugh like an SNL cold open. But it did.

The article is “In Just Two Years, AI has Managed to Make a Slightly More Appetizing Cheeseburger.”

I learned:

Two years ago I alerted the world that it was now scientifically possible to generate an image of a cheeseburger. Today I have the pleasure of informing you yet again that this technique has been nearly perfected.

Okay, not a burger to eat. This is a burger image, a picture.

Here’s the method:

Have one algorithm try to generate and image, and another try to tell if that image is a real picture or fake. With the second algorithm acting as a guardrail, the first algorithm eventually learns what looks real and what doesn’t, and the resulting images approach photorealism.

I sort of wanted to eat a burger.

I don’t need a picture. Smart software does, however.

Stephen E Arnold, October 2, 2018

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