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February 15, 2017 9:01 AM

Save on your art budget: use neural networks to generate new 8-bit pixel art! From a series on machine learning by Adam Geitgey; the whole series is good, but of particular use for some context here are the bits on generating Super Mario levels and convolutional neural networks.
posted by cortex (8 comments total)

I want high-res versions of those neural network bedroom photos - I bet they start to look like dreams.
posted by grumpybear69 at 9:12 AM on February 15, 2017

This is relevant to my interests.
posted by quaking fajita at 9:37 AM on February 15, 2017

dang that's pretty cool! I'd love to apply that same process to the furniture installation training modules I interact with. Or metafilter comments.
posted by rebent at 12:14 PM on February 15, 2017

I wish he'd posted a few more tileset examples. The one in the article is actually pretty cool, and definitely fits with the NES aesthetic.
posted by codacorolla at 1:13 PM on February 15, 2017 [1 favorite]

This gives me multiple ideas.
posted by JHarris at 1:48 PM on February 15, 2017

It's a strange species that devotes so much energy to making itself redundant.
posted by Mike Smith at 4:38 PM on February 15, 2017

cortex I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy the title of this post
posted by gusandrews at 6:48 PM on February 15, 2017 [3 favorites]

*pistol fingers*
posted by cortex at 10:10 PM on February 15, 2017 [1 favorite]