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Do AI Deepdream of Electric Sheep?

By Alex Tan

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Deep Dream Frog (~2016)

Old generative AI

  • Low res images
  • Trained on tiny images (64x64px/32x32px)
  • Recognizes edges and forms in images and strengthens the edges over many layers
  • Pattern matching and recognition
  • Primitive “creativity”, seeing things that don’t exist

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Deepdream doge

Deepdream from pure noise

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Original image

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Midjourney (“Hyperrealistic upscale –no people”)

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Midjourney (“Hyperrealistic upscale –no people”)

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Midjourney (“Deepdream hyperrealistic upscale”)

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Original image 2

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Midjourney (“Dream”)

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Midjourney (“Dream”)

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Midjourney (“Image”)

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Midjourney (“Image”)

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Midjourney (“Image”)

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Original image 3

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Midjourney (“image”)

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Midjourney (“image”)

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Midjourney (“image”)

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Midjourney (“image”)

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