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DeepDreaming

DeepDreaming noun: the use of a convolutional neural network to find and enhance patterns in images via algorithmic pareidolia, thus creating a dream-like appearance reminiscent of a psychedelic experience in the deliberately overprocessed images.

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Noun

DeepDreaming (uncountable)

  1. The use of a convolutional neural network to find and enhance patterns in images via algorithmic pareidolia, thus creating a dream-like appearance reminiscent of a psychedelic experience in the deliberately overprocessed images.
    • #DeepDreaming is already as easy as a "click to upload" online tool.2015 August 3, Emerson Rosenthal, “Google's Deep Dream for Dummies”, in Vice, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2021
    • Many websites allow you to play directly with DeepDreaming. […] After the initial results presented in 2015, many new additional papers and blog postings were presented about DeepDreaming: […]2017, Antonio Gulli, Amita Kapoor, TensorFlow 1.x Deep Learning Cookbook: Over 90 unique recipes to solve artificial-intelligence driven problems with Python, Packt, →ISBN, page 153

Origin of DeepDreaming

From DeepDream + -ing.

Questions about DeepDreaming

What does DeepDreaming mean?
DeepDreaming means the use of a convolutional neural network to find and enhance patterns in images via algorithmic pareidolia, thus creating a dream-like appearance reminiscent of a psychedelic experience in the deliberately overprocessed images.
What part of speech is DeepDreaming?
DeepDreaming is a noun.

Words near DeepDreaming in the dictionary

  1. deepdraw
  2. deepdrawed
  3. deepdrawing
  4. deepdrawn
  5. deepdraws
  6. DeepDreaming
  7. deepdrew
  8. deepe
  9. deeped
  10. deepen
  11. deepened

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