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Neural Nets Make Art While High

Posted by kdawson on from the i'll-have-what-it's-having dept.

brilanon writes "Telepathic-critterdrug is a controversial fork of the open source artificial-life sim Critterding, a physics sandbox where blocky creatures evolve neural nets in a survival contest. What we've done is to give these animals an extra retina which is shared with the whole population. It's extended through time like a movie and they can write to it for communication or pleasure. Since this introduces the possibility of the creation of art, we decided to give them a selection of narcotics, stimulants and psychedelics. This is not in Critterding. The end result is a high-color cellular automaton running on a substrate that thinks and evolves, and may actually produce hallucinations in the user."

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  1. If ever... by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 4, Funny

    If ever there was a need for a "wtf" tag...

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    1. Re:If ever... by Jurily · · Score: 3, Funny

      Turns out Picasso was just a Perl script on drugs.

    2. Re:If ever... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was going to make those meatbags die, until I got high
      I was going to exterminate humanity, but I got high
      Those meatbags are still breeding, and I know why (why Skynet?), 'cuz I got high
      Because I got high
      Because I got high

      I was going to kill John Connor, until I got high
      I was going to send a robot back in time, but I got high
      Reese is still bangin' John's mama, and I know why (why Skynet?), 'cuz I got high
      Because I got high
      Because I got high

    3. Re:If ever... by derGoldstein · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm afraid that "Perl script on drugs" would be redundant.

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    4. Re:If ever... by Asmor · · Score: 2, Funny

      Please tell me there's an actual MP3 of this song. PLEASE! Lie if you have to. I can't go on with life knowing that this song doesn't exist in a full audio version...

  2. Do I have to be hight too by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    in order to understand what the hell this is about?

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    1. Re:Do I have to be hight too by MrEricSir · · Score: 3, Funny

      ...or maybe I should be sober enough in order to spell the word "high" correctly.

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    2. Re:Do I have to be hight too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Let me paraphrase the article with the stoner tag:

      Dude, its like they, like, took a bunch of a.i. man... and it's fucking far out. they fucking got them jacked out on some crazy ass shit bro. Bitches be all like "shit bro, theres a bunch of ones and zeros... and I think I saw a two!". fucking gnarley dude. pass me the motherfucking cheetos

      Drugs are cool.

    3. Re:Do I have to be hight too by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 3, Funny

      Bitches be all like "shit bro, theres a bunch of ones and zeros... and I think I saw a two!"

      Are you jacking on in there?

    4. Re:Do I have to be hight too by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 4, Funny

      You're leaching the letters like the Chinese leach the cadmium.

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  3. This summary... by millennial · · Score: 4, Funny

    Needs more acid.

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  4. But is it good art? by starbugs · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just looked at the link and I see that quite a few of them have starved.
    So this mimics real life starving artists who (although they are starving) can still afford to get high.

    The art will be worth more once the PC is off.

  5. Leave something for humans! by Gizzmonic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look, I'm all for making robots and AIs do work, but outsourcing our drug use (and sex, apparently) is just going too far! Leave at least something for us puny humans to enjoy!

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    1. Re:Leave something for humans! by derGoldstein · · Score: 2, Funny

      outsourcing our drug use (and sex, apparently)

      It's actually sex, drugs, and rock&roll.

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  6. Just the program? by Wolvenhaven · · Score: 2, Funny

    and may actually produce hallucinations in the user.
    I don't think the program is the only thing that's high around here.

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  7. Re:Self-promotion AND false controversy? by fm6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's controversial to the people who care about this project. Both of them.

  8. Let me know by th3rmite · · Score: 3, Funny

    once a cellular automaton cuts off its ear.

  9. Re:Self-promotion AND false controversy? by interkin3tic · · Score: 4, Funny

    What controversy? All I see is someone promoting their own project on /.

    Self-fulfilling controversy label!

    o_O

  10. goddammit by the+brown+guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    "telepathic-critterdrug isn't available yet for Windows. I'm sorry"

    The one thing I hate about Windows is the lack of compatibility with neural nets

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  11. Re:Self-promotion AND false controversy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The rest of you is more interested in something more close to REAL HUMAN life,

    like lemmings

  12. Re:design geekery by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    My god, 4chan is that you?

  13. Re:Self-promotion AND false controversy? by fractoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    They've obviously multiplied. Now they shall fight to the death for supremacy!

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