Most whimsical application of local ai so far
Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
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Re: Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
#112While I love this idea generally, the scope of the use of generative AI for artwork is too vague for my comfort. The README.md mentions that "no art is AI-generated, though some has been retouched with AI." Superficially, that sounds mild. Some of the other closely-related projects, however, use different verbiage, or none at all. For those of us with ethical concerns around generative AI application to artwork, much…
Author here: Fair, i could've been more explicit in my writing. Concretely:
Every bird is a cutout from a real scanned 1800s plate (Gould, the von Wright brothers, Dresser...). The manifest (https://github.com/arnegiacomo/fugleramme/blob/main/assets/a...) links to each source, so you can compare them to the original scans. No bird has been prompt/diffusion generated, although I did use diffusion-based tools to remove birds from the perches (https://github.com/arnegiacomo/fugleramme/tree/main/assets/a...).
Nothing at runtime uses AI either, at least in the sense of LLMs or diffusion. The collage is Pillow and numpy, and detection is BirdNET, which is a classifier, not a generative model.
However I have used LLMs for code-related work, and for writing scripts for programatically editing the images, like cutting, contrast and colour corrections.
Re: Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
#113The underlying classifier, BirdNET, is a traditional neural network and not an LLM:
Re: Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
#114Love the aesthetic of 1800s illustrations combined with modern tech. Wonder if it ever misidentifies a squirrel.
I haven't tried with BirdNet, but Merlin doesn't seem to ever false-positive on chipmunks or squirrels (there's been a suggestion that it should explicitly recognize them, and maybe some frogs too, since they're "loud thing in the same register" and it frustrates people that haven't figured it out yet...)
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#115So many bird projects recently and I think it’s all thanks to this project[0] It seems IP over Avian Carriers is finally within reach! 0. https://github.com/tphakala/birdnet-go
Link missing?
Probably BirdNet, but Google also has an equivalent model now called Perch.
https://birdnet.cornell.edu/
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#116Very cool! I wish E-ink displays were a bit more affordable. The 13 inch one is £229.50. Does anyone know why they are still so expensive, at least at large sizes?
You can sometimes find old Nooks for cheap and they can be rooted to display static images, but it's not elegant.
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
My mistake for calling it "copy", should have said fork maybe (?) They are awful close to still require a reference to the original project imo. They are achieving the same output (identify birds and display them in a frame display all hosted in a raspberry pi) with that twist to how to generate the art.
Author here: I'll take any feedback and critisism. I haven't based any of my work directly on his project, but will be referencing it as a similar one in the readme, as well as e.g. https://github.com/veteranbv/inky-bird-frame .
Please take my praise as well then :) what a wholesome project!
Re: Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
#118As a fellow Norwegian I must say that this is pure art by the developer Arne Munthe-Kaas.
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#119I love it.
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
Years on a wall mounted eink screen sounds super interesting. What are you using for the power delivery/battery side of that setup?
Here are the parts I bought, I'm still getting it all setup (I have my pictures displaying, working on designing the 3D printed case now, and testing it all) but according to OpenDisplay's calculator [0] I can expect 3.4 years if I refresh the screen once every 4 hours (and currently I'm doing closer to once a day to mimic my ESP32s which need deep sleep and once-a-day refresh to get even month/months of battery on a…
If I want a wifi e-ink connected display - curious what would you recommend.
I want an e-ink display - that I can use as a sign/display board with wifi connectivity and remote administration.