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I'm Google – chains of visually similar images and videos in Google (2011)

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Re: I'm Google – chains of visually similar images and videos in Google (2011)

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Post by TorKlingberg »

captn3m0 wrote: post #2

Here's a statement from the creator: http://dinakelberman.com/imgoogle/imgoogle.html The relevant bit: >Firstly, lots of people ask if it's an algorithm or something. It's not! Just me searchin google. >Secondly, a lot of people assume this blog is therefore made predominantly by using the "visually similar" function on Google Image Search, which is a totally reasonable thing to assume. While I definitely employ that…

I though the image changes felt too intelligent. Thank you for the clarification, Google Skynet is not upon us after all.

Re: I'm Google – chains of visually similar images and videos in Google (2011)

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Post by luke-stanley »

TorKlingberg wrote: post #21
captn3m0 wrote: post #2

Here's a statement from the creator: http://dinakelberman.com/imgoogle/imgoogle.html The relevant bit: >Firstly, lots of people ask if it's an algorithm or something. It's not! Just me searchin google. >Secondly, a lot of people assume this blog is therefore made predominantly by using the "visually similar" function on Google Image Search, which is a totally reasonable thing to assume. While I definitely employ that…

I though the image changes felt too intelligent. Thank you for the clarification, Google Skynet is not upon us after all.

I wouldn't go that far, have you not seen Google Deep Dream?

Re: I'm Google – chains of visually similar images and videos in Google (2011)

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Post by shubhamjain »

I am oddly reminded of Pollard's rho algorithim[1], you start with a base image and only choose the first image that comes up in the result, in the end we will eventually return to an image that we have already traversed. I wish someone could find the base images that result in the shortest and longest cycles.

[1]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Pollard_...

Re: I'm Google – chains of visually similar images and videos in Google (2011)

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Post by MrBra »

I'm assuming porn is filtered out. Given that porn represents the vast majority of Internet content, it would be curious to see how quickly a sexually explicit image would pop up, and how funny the connection with the previous non sexual image would be.

Re: I'm Google – chains of visually similar images and videos in Google (2011)

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Post by gloves »

This is cool!

I love how on Google when I do an image search on myself I can go from Brad Pitt one minute, to an old man the next. That's not a complaint though. The technology is always improving and I live in constant wonder of the things people can create from nothing :)

Re: I'm Google – chains of visually similar images and videos in Google (2011)

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Post by MrBra »

MrBra wrote: post #26

I'm assuming porn is filtered out. Given that porn represents the vast majority of Internet content, it would be curious to see how quickly a sexually explicit image would pop up, and how funny the connection with the previous non sexual image would be.

Oh, it's not an algorithm. Give me back my upvote :)
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